To address mental health issues for youth, particularly youth of color, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill amends the Primary and Behavioral Health Care grant program to give special consideration to entities serving racial and ethnic minority groups when awarding grants, and increases authorized funding from $60M to $80M, mandates the NIH Director to arrange a study with the National Academies of Sciences on mental health disparities research gaps in racial and ethnic minority groups, including prevalence data, trauma impacts, and expands health professions fellowship program to include development of best practices and core competencies for addressing mental health disparities among racial and ethnic minority groups in training social workers. It relies on appropriations, compliance mandates, reporting requirements, and grants. The main policy areas are Healthcare, Science & Space, Education, and Labor.
Who Benefits and How
Racial and ethnic minority communities could gain revenue opportunities, National Institutes of Health could gain revenue opportunities, and National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal taxpayers could face higher costs, Department of Health and Human Services would take on compliance duties, and National Institutes of Health would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Amends the Primary and Behavioral Health Care grant program to give special consideration to entities serving racial and ethnic minority groups when awarding grants, and increases authorized funding from $60M to $80M...
- Mandates the NIH Director to arrange a study with the National Academies of Sciences on mental health disparities research gaps in racial and ethnic minority groups, including prevalence data, trauma impacts...
- Expands health professions fellowship program to include development of best practices and core competencies for addressing mental health disparities among racial and ethnic minority groups in training social workers...
- Creates new Section 554 of Public Health Service Act requiring the Secretary to develop and implement an outreach and education strategy to reduce mental health stigma among racial and ethnic minority groups, with $20M...
- Provides specifies detailed requirements for HHS outreach strategy including culturally appropriate messaging, increasing awareness of mental illness symptoms, providing treatment information, engaging community members...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill amends the Primary and Behavioral Health Care grant program to give special consideration to entities serving racial and ethnic minority groups when awarding grants, and increases authorized funding from $60M to $80M, mandates the NIH Director to arrange a study with the National Academies of Sciences on mental health disparities research gaps in racial and ethnic minority groups, including prevalence data, trauma impacts, and expands health professions fellowship program to include development of best practices and core competencies for addressing mental health disparities among racial and ethnic minority groups in training social workers.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Science & Space, Education, Labor
Primary Purpose
The bill amends the Primary and Behavioral Health Care grant program to give special consideration to entities serving racial and ethnic minority groups when awarding grants, and increases authorized funding from $60M to $80M, mandates the NIH Director to arrange a study with the National Academies of Sciences on mental health disparities research gaps in racial and ethnic minority groups, including prevalence data, trauma impacts, and expands health professions fellowship program to include development of best practices and core competencies for addressing mental health disparities among racial and ethnic minority groups in training social workers.
Policy Domains
Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act
Identified Gains
- Racial and ethnic minority communities
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
- Mental health professional training programs
Identified Costs
- Federal taxpayers
- Department of Health and Human Services
- National Institutes of Health
- HHS/SAMHSA
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Hirono (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Smith, Ms. Warren, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Department of Health and Human Services, HHS/SAMHSA, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
National Institutes of Health faces effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Negative-direction: Department of Health and Human Services, HHS/SAMHSA
Clinical research institutions, Health disparities researchers, Health disparities researchers and institutions
Public health communications contractors, Racial and ethnic minority communities
Behavioral health service providers, Community health centers serving minority populations, Psychology and psychiatry training institutions
Mental health advocacy organizations serving minorities
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_director"
- → Director of the National Institutes of Health
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
- "the_assistant_secretary"
- → Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Has the meaning given to that term in section 1707(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u-6(g))
Has the meaning given to such term in section 409 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284d)
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