Sec. 102. Addressing racial and ethnic minority 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 (or, if the National Academy of Sciences declines to enter into such an arrangement, an arrangement with the Institute of Medicine, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the Agency for Healthcare Quality, or another appropriate entity)— to 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 to submit to the Congress a report on the results of such study, including— a compilation of information on the dynamics of mental disorders in such racial and ethnic minority groups; and a compilation of information on the impact of exposure to community violence, adverse childhood experiences, and other psychological traumas on mental disorders in such racial and minority groups.