To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, to award grants to train community mental wellness workers, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
Authorizes HHS grants for eligible entities to train community mental wellness workers and supervisors, provide related technical assistance, prioritize high-need communities, and extend section 224 liability protections to covered grant activities.
Who Benefits and How
Community-based behavioral health organizations and trainees could gain new federal support to train and supervise community mental wellness workers, especially in underserved and high-need areas.
Who Bears the Burden and How
HHS would have to administer the grant program, set priorities, and manage technical assistance and reporting obligations, while grant recipients would need to comply with program conditions.
Key Provisions
- Authorizes HHS grants to train and supervise community mental wellness workers and supervisors.
- Allows grant funds to cover screening, counseling, digital platforms, quality assurance, and certification costs.
- Prioritizes high-poverty, high-unemployment, medically underserved, and high-substance-use communities.
- Applies specified section 224 liability protections to covered grant-supported entities and personnel.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Authorizes HHS grants for eligible entities to train community mental wellness workers and supervisors, provide related technical assistance, prioritize high-need communities, and extend section 224 liability protections to covered grant activities.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Labor, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Authorizes HHS grants for eligible entities to train community mental wellness workers and supervisors, provide related technical assistance, prioritize high-need communities, and extend section 224 liability protections to covered grant activities.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Eligible community-based behavioral health entities and trainees receiving federal support for community mental wellness worker programs
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Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- HHS officials and grant recipients responsible for administering and complying with the new program
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Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Espaillat (for himself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Community-based behavioral health entities and trainees eligible for community mental wellness worker grant support
Communities with shortages of behavioral health support that could receive newly trained workers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
- "the_assistant_secretary"
- → Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use
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