Sec. 203. Infant and early childhood clinical workforce
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Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280g ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary, acting through the Associate Administrator of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, shall establish an Infant and Early Childhood Clinical Mental Health Leadership Program to award grants to eligible entities to establish training institutes and centers of excellence for infant and early childhood clinical mental health. To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall— be— an institution of higher education as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965; or be a hospital with affiliation with such an institution of higher education, or a State professional medical society or association of infant mental health demonstrating an affiliation or partnership with such an institution of higher education; and submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
An entity shall use amounts received under a grant under this section to establish statewide training institutes or centers of excellence for licensed clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists, clinical psychologists, child psychiatrists, school psychologists, nurses, and developmental and behavioral pediatricians on infant and early childhood clinical mental health, with an emphasis on screening, assessment, service provision or referral, prevention, and treatment for infants and children who have experienced or are at risk of experiencing trauma, as well as prevention of secondary trauma, through— the provision of community-based training and supervision in evidence-based assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, which may be conducted through partnership with qualified community-based organizations; the development of graduate education training tracks; the provision of scholarships and stipends, including to enhance recruitment from under-represented populations in the mental health workforce; and the provision of mid-career training to develop the capacity of existing health practitioners.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. .
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