Sec. 502. Streamlining mental and behavioral health workforce programs

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Part D of title VII of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 294 et seq. ) is amended— by striking sections 755 ( 42 U.S.C. 294e ) and 756 ( 42 U.S.C. 294e–1 ); by redesignating sections 757 ( 42 U.S.C. 294f ) and 759 ( 42 U.S.C. 294i ) as sections 756 and 757, respectively; and by inserting after section 754 the following: The Secretary may award grants to eligible institutions of higher education to support the recruitment of students for, and education and clinical experience of the students in— accredited institutions of higher education or accredited professional training programs that are establishing or expanding internships or other field placement programs in mental health in psychiatry, psychology, school psychology, behavioral pediatrics, psychiatric nursing, social work, school social work, substance use disorder prevention and treatment, marriage and family therapy, occupational therapy, school counseling, or professional counseling, including such internships or programs with a focus on child and adolescent mental health and transitional-age youth; accredited doctoral, internship, and post-doctoral residency programs of health service psychology, including clinical psychology, counseling, and school psychology, for the development and implementation of interdisciplinary training of psychology graduate students for providing behavioral and mental health services, including substance use disorder prevention and treatment services, and the development of faculty in health service psychology; accredited master’s and doctoral degree programs of social work for the development and implementation of interdisciplinary training of social work graduate students for providing behavioral and mental health services, including substance use disorder prevention and treatment services, and the development of faculty in social work; or State-licensed mental health nonprofit and for-profit organizations to enable such organizations to pay for programs for preservice or in-service training in a behavioral health-related paraprofessional field with preference for preservice or in-service training of paraprofessional child and adolescent mental health workers.

To be eligible for a grant under this section, an institution of higher education shall demonstrate— an ability to recruit and place the students described in subsection

(a)in areas with a high need and high demand population or rural or underserved areas; that individuals and groups from different racial, ethnic, cultural, geographic, religious, linguistic, and class backgrounds, and different genders and sexual orientations, participate in the programs of the institution; knowledge and understanding of the concerns of the individuals and groups described in paragraph (2), especially individuals with mental health symptoms or diagnoses, particularly children and adolescents, and transitional-age youth; that any internship or other field placement program assisted through the grant will prioritize cultural and linguistic competency; and that the institution of higher education will provide to the Secretary such data, assurances, and information as the Secretary may require. For grants awarded under paragraphs

(2)and

(3)of subsection (a), at least 4 of the grant recipients shall be historically black colleges or universities or other minority-serving institutions. In selecting grant recipients, the Secretary shall give priority to— for grants awarded under paragraphs (1), (2), and

(3)of subsection (a), programs that have demonstrated the ability to train psychology and social work professionals to work in integrated care settings; for a grant under subsection (a)(4), programs for paraprofessionals that emphasize the role of the family and the lived experience of the consumer and family-paraprofessional partnerships; and programs with a record of training individuals from rural and underserved communities and placing graduates in these communities. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Strengthening Our Rural Health Workforce Act of 2016 , and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the effectiveness of the grants under this section in— providing graduate students support for experiential training (internship or field placement); recruiting of students interested in behavioral health practice; developing and implementing interprofessional training and integration within primary care; developing and implementing accredited field placements and internships; and collecting data on the number of students trained in mental health and the number of available accredited internships and field placements. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021. . The Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 201 et seq. ), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended— in section 338A(d)(2)(A) ( 42 U.S.C. 254l(d)(2)(A) ), by striking or under section 758 ; in section 756(b)(2) ( 42 U.S.C. 294f(b)(2) ), as so redesignated, by striking , 753(b), and 755(b) and inserting and 753(b) ; and in section 761 ( 42 U.S.C. 294n )— in subsection (b)(2)(E), by striking 757(d)(3) and inserting 756(d)(3) ; in subsection (d)(2)(B), by striking 757(d)(3) and inserting 756(d)(3) ; and in subsection (d)(3), by striking 757(d)(4) and inserting 756(d)(4) .

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