Sec. 609. Building an effective workforce in mental health
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Secretary of Labor, shall, in coordination with advocacy and behavioral and mental health organizations serving people of color— develop, strengthen, and implement strategies to bolster career pathways for mental health professionals; and identify the breadth of settings where mental and behavioral health care can take place. Strategies under subsection
(a)shall include— the variety of settings where mental health professionals are needed, including community-based organizations, women’s centers, shelters, organizations focused on youth development, workforce agencies, job placement and development centers, emergency rooms, the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1786 ), food banks, legal aid, and benefit issuers as defined in section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012 ); defining career pathways in mental and behavioral health, to help communities understand the variety of careers in mental and behavioral health that are available; building career pathways in mental and behavioral health as part of the curriculum at the postsecondary education level; providing accessible training and certification pathways for lay health workers such as community health workers and other peer support individuals to ensure that careers pay a living wage; creating incentives for students in the fields of occupational therapy, social work, medicine, and nursing to learn more about mental health, and to include a mental health rotation as a part of the health professional curricula; including training and education for teachers about the basics of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 794 ) and individualized education programs (as defined in section 614(d) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1414(d) )); researching, developing, and implementing programs for mental and behavioral health professionals to prevent burnout; and finding better and increased avenues to ensure equity by providing better loan forgiveness programs, including a focus area within the National Health Service Corps focused on community trauma.
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