Sec. 502. Telehealth child psychiatry access grants
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In this subsection: The term eligible entity means a State, political subdivision of a State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization. The terms Indian tribe and tribal organization have the meanings given such terms in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 450b ). The term pediatric mental health team means a team of case coordinators, child and adolescent psychiatrists, and a licensed clinical mental health professional, such as a psychologist, social worker, or mental health counselor.
Such a team may be regionally based, provided there is access to a pediatric mental health team across the State. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, may award grants to eligible entities that satisfy all requirements under this section to promote behavioral health integration in pediatric primary care by— supporting the development of statewide or regional child psychiatry access programs; and supporting the improvement of statewide or regional child psychiatry access programs in existence on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.
To be eligible for support under subsection (b), a child psychiatry access program shall— be a statewide or regional network of pediatric mental health teams that provide support to pediatric primary care sites as an integrated team; support and further develop organized State networks of child and adolescent psychiatrists to provide consultative support to pediatric primary care sites; conduct an assessment of critical behavioral consultation needs among pediatric providers and such providers’ preferred mechanisms for receiving consultation, training, and technical assistance; develop an online database and communication mechanisms, including through telehealth services, to facilitate consultation support to pediatric practices; provide rapid statewide or regional clinical telephone consultations when requested between the pediatric mental health teams and pediatric primary care providers; conduct training and provide technical assistance to pediatric primary care providers to support the early identification, diagnosis, treatment, and referral of children with behavioral health conditions; inform and assist pediatric providers in accessing child psychiatry consultations and in scheduling and conducting technical assistance; assist with referrals to specialty care and community and behavioral health resources; and establish mechanisms for measuring and monitoring increased access to child and adolescent psychiatric services by pediatric primary care providers and expanded capacity of pediatric primary care providers to identify, treat, and refer children with mental health problems.
An eligible entity that desires a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including a plan for the comprehensive evaluation and the performance and outcome evaluation described in subsection (e). An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall prepare and submit an evaluation to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require, including a comprehensive evaluation of activities carried out with funds received through such grant and a performance and outcome evaluation of such activities.
In addition to the funding provided through contributions under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall fund the grant program under this section using such sums as may be necessary out of any unobligated amounts made available to carry out section 330I, 330K, or 330L of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–14 , 254c–16, 254c–18). The Secretary may not award a grant under this section unless the eligible entity desiring the grant agrees, with respect to the costs to be incurred by the eligible entity in carrying out the purpose of the grant described in subsection (b), to make available non-Federal contributions (in cash or in kind) toward such costs in an amount that is not less than 20 percent of Federal funds provided through the grant.
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