Sec. 4. Health care provider behavioral health and wellness programs
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Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.), as amended by section 3, is further amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities for the purpose of establishing or enhancing behavioral health and wellness programs for health care providers. A behavioral health and wellness program funded under this section shall— provide confidential support services for health care providers to help handle stressful or traumatic patient-related events, including counseling services and wellness seminars; provide training to health care providers to serve as peer counselors to other health care providers; purchase materials to be used exclusively to provide such training; and disseminate such information and materials as are necessary to conduct such training and provide such peer counseling.
In this section, the term eligible entity means a hospital, including a critical access hospital (as defined in section 1861(mm)(1) of the Social Security Act) or a disproportionate share hospital (as defined under section 1923(a)(1)(A) of such Act), a Federally-qualified health center (as defined in section 1905(1)(2)(B) of such Act), or any other health care facility. .
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