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Inserts a new section 554 into Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act after section 553, establishing a behavioral and mental health outreach and education strategy for racial and ethnic minority groups, reporting requirements, a cross-reference definition, and an authorization of appropriations.
Amends Section 520K of the Public Health Service Act by redesignating subsections (d) through (i) as (e) through (j); inserting a new subsection (d) allowing the Secretary to give special consideration to eligible entities serving a high proportion of racial and ethnic minority groups; updating cross-references in subsections (c)(2)(G), (i), and (j)(1); and revising the funding amounts in subsection (j)(1).
Redesignates existing subsections (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively; inserts a new subsection (b) authorizing use of fellowship amounts for development and dissemination of best practices and core competencies addressing mental health disparities among racial and ethnic minority groups and enumerating related activities; amends subsection (d) (as redesignated) by striking and inserting (text of insertion not provided in section).
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced April 10, 2025 by Bonnie Watson Coleman · Last progress April 10, 2025
Creates and funds new and expanded federal efforts to study, prevent, and treat mental health problems in racial and ethnic minority groups. It increases and retools grant programs, requires an external study of research gaps affecting minority mental health, funds outreach and stigma‑reduction efforts, and provides large new authorizations for NIH and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to support community‑engaged clinical research and related activities.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House