Sec. 9021. MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND TRAINING GRANTS
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## SEC. 9021 MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND TRAINING GRANTS Section 756 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294e-1) is amended— ####
(1)in subsection (a)— #####
(A)in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “of higher education”; and #####
(B)by striking paragraphs
(1)through
(4)and inserting the following: > > #### “(1) > > accredited institutions of higher education or accredited professional training programs that are establishing or expanding internships or other field placement programs in mental health in psychiatry, psychology, school psychology, behavioral pediatrics, psychiatric nursing (which may include master’s and doctoral level programs), social work, school social work, substance use disorder prevention and treatment, marriage and family therapy, occupational therapy, school counseling, or professional counseling, including such programs with a focus on child and adolescent mental health and transitional-age youth; > > > #### “(2) > > accredited doctoral, internship, and post-doctoral residency programs of health service psychology (including clinical psychology, counseling, and school psychology) for the development and implementation of interdisciplinary training of psychology graduate students for providing behavioral health services, including substance use disorder prevention and treatment services, as well as the development of faculty in health service psychology; > > > #### “(3) > > accredited master’s and doctoral degree programs of social work for the development and implementation of interdisciplinary training of social work graduate students for providing behavioral health services, including substance use disorder prevention and treatment services, and the development of faculty in social work; and > > > #### “(4) > > State-licensed mental health nonprofit and for-profit organizations to enable such organizations to pay for programs for preservice or in-service training in a behavioral health-related paraprofessional field with preference for preservice or in-service training of paraprofessional child and adolescent mental health workers.” > ; ####
(2)in subsection (b)— #####
(A)by striking paragraph (5); #####
(B)by redesignating paragraphs
(1)through
(4)as paragraphs
(2)through (5), respectively; #####
(C)by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following: > > #### “(1) > > an ability to recruit and place the students described in subsection
(a)in areas with a high need and high demand population;” > ; #####
(D)in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking “subsection (a)” and inserting “paragraph (2), especially individuals with mental disorder symptoms or diagnoses, particularly children and adolescents, and transitional-age youth”; #####
(E)in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by striking “;” and inserting “; and”; and #####
(F)in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking “; and” and inserting a period; ####
(3)in subsection (c), by striking “authorized under subsection (a)(1)” and inserting “awarded under paragraphs
(2)and
(3)of subsection (a)”; ####
(4)by amending subsection
(d)to read as follows: > > ### “(d) Priority > > In selecting grant recipients under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to— > > > #### “(1) > > programs that have demonstrated the ability to train psychology, psychiatry, and social work professionals to work in integrated care settings for purposes of recipients under paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3)of subsection (a); and > > > #### “(2) > > programs for paraprofessionals that emphasize the role of the family and the lived experience of the consumer and family-paraprofessional partnerships for purposes of recipients under subsection (a)(4).” > ; and ####
(5)by striking subsection
(e)and inserting the following: > > ### “(e) Report to Congress > > Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Reform Act of 2016, the Secretary shall include in the biennial report submitted to Congress under section 501(m) an assessment on the effectiveness of the grants under this section in— > > > #### “(1) > > providing graduate students support for experiential training (internship or field placement); > > > #### “(2) > > recruiting students interested in behavioral health practice; > > > #### “(3) > > recruiting students in accordance with subsection (b)(1); > > > #### “(4) > > developing and implementing interprofessional training and integration within primary care; > > > #### “(5) > > developing and implementing accredited field placements and internships; and > > > #### “(6) > > collecting data on the number of students trained in behavioral health care and the number of available accredited internships and field placements. > > > ### “(f) Authorization of Appropriations > > For each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000, to be allocated as follows: > > > #### “(1) > > For grants described in subsection (a)(1), $15,000,000. > > > #### “(2) > > For grants described in subsection (a)(2), $15,000,000. > > > #### “(3) > > For grants described in subsection (a)(3), $10,000,000. > > > #### “(4) > > For grants described in subsection (a)(4), $10,000,000.” > .
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