Sec. 2. Behavioral Health Crisis Coordinating Office
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Part A of title V of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall establish, within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an office to coordinate work relating to behavioral health crisis care across the operating divisions and agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the Health Resources and Services Administration, and other Federal Government and external stakeholders. The office established under subsection
(a)shall— convene Federal, State, Tribal, local, and private partners; launch and manage Federal workgroups charged with making recommendations regarding behavioral health crisis issues, including with respect to health care best practices, workforce development, mental health disparities, data collection, technology, geolocation and call routing, program oversight, public education, and engagement; and support technical assistance, data analysis, and evaluation functions in order to assist States, local governmental entities, territories, Indian Tribes, and Tribal communities in developing crisis care systems and establish nationwide best practices with the objective of expanding the capacity of, and access to, local 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline call centers, mobile crisis care, crisis stabilization, psychiatric emergency services, rapid post-crisis follow-up care, and essential community services provided by— the National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Hotline and Response System; the Veterans Crisis Line; community mental health centers (as defined in section 1861(ff)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act); Federally qualified health centers (as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act); certified community behavioral health clinics, as described in section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; and other community mental health, substance use disorder, and essential community service providers, as determined by the Secretary. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. .
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