Sec. 501. Strengthening the healthcare systems response

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Section 399P of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280g–4 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(3), by striking behavioral and mental health programs and inserting mental health and substance use disorder programs ; and in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (A)— in clause (i), by striking mental or behavioral care and inserting mental health and substance use disorders ; and in clause (ii), by inserting , including human trafficking after other forms of violence and abuse ; and in subparagraph (B)— in clause (ii)— by striking on-site access to ; and by striking patients by increasing and all that follows through the semicolon and inserting the following:

“patients by— increasing the capacity of existing health care professionals, including specialists in trauma and in mental health and substance use disorders, and public health staff to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including for children exposed to such violence; or improving the capacity of State domestic and sexual violence coalitions to coordinate with and support health care professionals and others in addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; ; and in clause

(iv)by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: , with priority given to relevant programs administered through the Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Women's Health; ; and in paragraph (2)(C)— in clause (iii)— by striking mental and behavioral health and inserting mental health and substance use disorder ; and by striking or at the end; in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and by adding at the end the following: improving the capacity of substance use disorder treatment programs to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including through the provision of technical assistance and training to such programs. ; in subsection (d)(2)— by striking mental health in each place such term appears and inserting mental health and substance use disorders ; and in subparagraph (B), by inserting , including related to mental health or substance use disorder services, after health system ; by redesignating subsections

(g)and

(h)as subsections

(h)and (i), respectively; by inserting after subsection (f), the following: The Secretary shall, as appropriate, provider technical assistance and identify best practices to improve the capacity of early childhood programs funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Administration for Children and Families to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking among families served by such programs. ; in subsection (h), as so redesignated, by striking $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 and inserting $11,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2029 ; and in subsection (h), by striking herein and provided for . Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report describing the activities carried out under section 399P of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280g–4 ), as amended by subsection (a).

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Sec. 501

Strengthening the healthcare systems response

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