Sec. 6042. Pilot program on innovative technologies
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, shall carry out a pilot program to research, analyze, and employ various technologies and platforms of communication (including social media platforms, texting platforms, and email platforms) for suicide prevention in addition to the telephone and online chat service provided by the Suicide Prevention Lifeline. To carry out paragraph (1), there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2021 and 2022. Not later than 24 months after the date on which the pilot program under subsection
(a)commences, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, shall submit to the Congress a report on the pilot program. With respect to each platform of communication employed pursuant to the pilot program, the report shall include— a full description of the program; the number of individuals served by the program; the average wait time for each individual to receive a response; the cost of the program, including the cost per individual served; and any other information the Secretary determines appropriate.