Sec. 31045. Funding for maternal mental health equity grant programs
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In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for grants to community-based organizations, Urban Indian organizations, Native Hawaiian organizations, health care providers, accredited medical schools, accredited schools of nursing, teaching hospitals, accredited midwifery programs, physician assistant education programs, residency or fellowship programs, or other nonprofit organizations, schools, or programs determined appropriate by the Secretary, to address maternal mental health conditions and substance use disorders with respect to pregnant, lactating, and postpartum individuals in areas with high rates of adverse maternal health outcomes or with significant racial or ethnic disparities in maternal health outcomes.
Amounts made available pursuant to subsection (a), prioritizing community-based organizations, shall be for the following activities: Establishing or expanding maternity care programs to improve the integration of mental health and substance use disorder treatment services into primary care settings where pregnant individuals regularly receive health care services. Establishing or expanding group prenatal care programs or postpartum care programs. Expanding existing programs that improve maternal mental health and substance use disorder treatment from the preconception through the postpartum periods, with a focus on individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups with high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity.
Providing services and support for individuals with maternal mental health conditions and substance use disorders, starting in pregnancy and continuing through the postpartum period. Addressing stigma associated with maternal mental health conditions and substance use disorders, with a focus on racial and ethnic minority groups. Raising awareness of warning signs of maternal mental health conditions and substance use disorders, with a focus on pregnant, lactating, and postpartum individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups.
Establishing or expanding programs to prevent suicide or self-harm among pregnant, lactating, and postpartum individuals. Offering evidence-informed programs at freestanding birth centers that provide maternal mental health and substance use disorder education, treatments, and services, and other services for individuals throughout the prenatal and postpartum period. Establishing or expanding programs to provide education and training to maternity care providers with respect to— identifying potential warning signs for maternal mental health conditions or substance use disorders in pregnant, lactating, and postpartum individuals, with a focus on individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups; and in the case where such providers identify such warning signs, offering referrals to mental health substance use disorder treatment professionals.
Developing a national website, or other source, that includes information on health care providers who treat maternal mental health conditions and substance use disorders. Establishing or expanding programs in communities to improve coordination between maternity care providers and mental health and substance use disorder providers who treat maternal mental health conditions and substance use disorders. Carrying other programs aligned with evidence-based or evidence-informed practices for addressing maternal mental health conditions and substance use disorders for pregnant and postpartum individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups.