Sec. 207. State guidance on coverage for individuals with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, shall conduct a review of the use by States of funds made available under the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program under subpart I of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300x et seq. ) for First Episode Psychosis activities. Such review shall consider the following:
How the States use funds for evidence-based treatments and services, such as coordinated specialty care, according to the standard of care for individuals with early serious mental illness, including the comprehensiveness of such treatments to include all aspects of the recommended intervention. How State mental health departments are coordinating with State Medicaid departments in the delivery of the treatments and services described in paragraph (1). What percentage of the State funding under the block grant program is being applied toward First Episode Psychosis in excess of 10 percent of the amount of the grant, as broken down on a State-by-State basis.
The review shall also identify any States that fail to expend the required 10 percent of block grant funds on activities relating to early serious mental illness, including First Episode Psychosis. How many individuals are served by the expenditures described in paragraph (3), broken down on a per-capita basis. How the funds are used to reach individuals in underserved populations, including individuals in rural areas and individuals from minority groups. Not later than 6 months after the completion of the review under subsection (a), the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate and to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the findings made as a result of the review conducted under subsection (a).
Such report shall include any recommendations with respect to any changes to the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program, including the set aside required for First Episode Psychosis, that would facilitate improved outcomes for the targeted population involved. Not later than 1 year after the date on which the report is submitted under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, shall update the guidance provided to States under the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program based on the findings and recommendations of the report.
The Director of the National Institute of Mental Health shall coordinate with the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use in providing guidance to State grantees and provider subgrantees about research advances in the delivery of services for First Episode Psychosis under the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, jointly with the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health— shall provide updated guidance to States concerning— coverage recommendations relating to evidence-based health care services, such as coordinated specialty care, and interventions for individuals with early serious mental illness, including First Episode Psychosis; and the manner in which Federal funding provided to States through programs administered by such agencies, including the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program under subpart I of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300x et seq. ), may be coordinated to support individuals with serious mental illness and serious emotional disturbance; and may streamline relevant State reporting requirements if such streamlining would result in making it easier for States to coordinate funding under the programs described in paragraph (1)(B) to improve treatments for individuals with serious mental illness and serious emotional disturbance.
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State guidance on coverage for individuals with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance
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