Sec. 604. Addressing racial and ethnic mental health disparities research gaps

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Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to carry out the activities under subsection (b), or, if the National Academy of Sciences declines to enter into such an arrangement, the Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, in cooperation with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, shall carry out the activities under subsection (b). The applicable entity under subsection

(a)shall— conduct a study with respect to mental health disparities in racial and ethnic minority groups (as defined in section 1707(g) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300u–6(g) )); and submit to Congress a report on the results of such study, including— a compilation of information on the dynamics of mental health outcomes in such racial and ethnic minority groups; and the degree of the co-occurrence of mental conditions with other disabilities in such racial and ethnic groups, including physical disabilities, mental disabilities, and mental disorders or mental health conditions which co-occur with one another; a compilation of information on the impact of exposure to community violence, community trauma, adverse childhood experiences, weather extremes worsened by climate change (such as heat waves, hurricanes, and wildfires), substance use, and other psychological traumas, on mental disorders in such racial and minority groups, stratified by household income level; a compilation of information on the impact of the intersectionality of transgender men in racial and ethnic minority groups; and a description of how protective factors contrast and compare among different communities of color, identifying cultural strengths.

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42 USC 300u–6(g)

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Addressing racial and ethnic mental health disparities research gaps

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