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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3825 

To establish the Coronavirus Mental Health and Addiction Assistance 

Network, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 21, 2020 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To establish the Coronavirus Mental Health and Addiction 

Assistance Network, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coronavirus Mental 

5 Health and Addiction Assistance Act of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CORONAVIRUS MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION 

7 ASSISTANCE NETWORK. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

9 Human Services (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec10 retary’’), acting through the Assistant Secretary for MenVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:21 Jun 14, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3825.IS S3825

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1 tal Health and Substance Use, shall make competitive 

2 grants to eligible entities described in subsection (c) to es3 tablish a Coronavirus Mental Health and Addiction Assist4 ance Network that provides programs for assisting individ5 uals in managing mental health and substance use dis6 orders during or in connection to the COVID–19 pan7 demic. 

8 (b) ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS.—Grants awarded under 

9 subsection (a) may be used— 

10 (1) to initiate, expand, or sustain programs that 

11 provide professional mental health and substance use 

12 disorder counseling and referral for other forms of 

13 assistance as necessary to assist in the management 

14 of mental health and substance use disorders during 

15 or in connection to the COVID–19 pandemic, 

16 through— 

17 (A) telephone helplines and websites; 

18 (B) training, including training programs 

19 and workshops; 

20 (C) support groups; 

21 (D) outreach and support activities, includ22 ing the dissemination of information, materials, 

23 and equipment to clients for remote access to 

24 mental health and substance use disorder serv25 ices; and 


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1 (E) telehealth services; or 

2 (2) to enter into contracts, on a multiyear 

3 basis, with community-based, direct-service organiza4 tions to initiate, expand, or sustain programs de5 scribed in paragraph (1) and subsection (a). 

6 (c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The Secretary may award 

7 a grant under this section to an entity that provides evi8 dence-based services and is— 

9 (1) an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of 

10 the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist11 ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)) or an urban Indian or12 ganization (as defined in section 4 of the Indian 

13 Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603)); 

14 (2) a qualified nonprofit organization, as deter15 mined by the Secretary; 

16 (3) an entity providing appropriate services, as 

17 determined by the Secretary, in 1 or more States; or 

18 (4) a partnership carried out by 2 or more enti19 ties described in any of paragraphs (1) through (3). 

20 (d) FUNDING.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is appropriated, out 

22 of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appro23 priated, $100,000,000, for the fiscal year ending 

24 September 30, 2020, to remain available until ex25 pended, or until the date that is 1 year after the 


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1 conclusion of the public health emergency declared 

2 by the Secretary under section 319 of the Public 

3 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 

4 30, 2020, with respect to COVID–19, whichever is 

5 earlier, for the purpose of carrying out this section. 

6 (2) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—The amounts provided 

8 by paragraph (1) are designated as an emer9 gency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of 

10 the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 

11 U.S.C. 933(g)). 

12 (B) DESIGNATION IN SENATE.—In the 

13 Senate, this subsection is designated as an 

14 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

15 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), 

16 the concurrent resolution on the budget for fis17 cal year 2018. 

18 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS, AGENCIES, AND PUB19 LIC.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

21 the amount appropriated under subsection (d) is no 

22 longer available, the Secretary shall submit to Con23 gress and any other relevant Federal department or 

24 agency, and make publicly available, a report de25 scribing the success of the Coronavirus Mental 


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1 Health and Addiction Assistance Network under this 

2 section in assisting in managing mental health and 

3 substance use disorders during or in connection to 

4 the COVID–19 pandemic. 

5 (2) CONTENTS.—The report under paragraph 

6 (1) shall include— 

7 (A) an inventory and assessment of efforts, 

8 to support individuals seeking to manage men9 tal health and substance use disorders during 

10 or in connection to the COVID–19 pandemic, 

11 by— 

12 (i) the Federal Government, States, 

13 and units of local government; 

14 (ii) communities comprised of individ15 uals seeking to manage mental health and 

16 substance use disorders during or in con17 nection to the COVID–19 pandemic; 

18 (iii) health care providers; and 

19 (iv) other appropriate entities, as de20 termined by the Secretary; 

21 (B) a description of the challenges faced 

22 by individuals seeking to manage mental health 

23 and substance use disorders during or in con24 nection to the COVID–19 pandemic; 


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1 (C) a description of how the Secretary can 

2 improve coordination and cooperation with 

3 other Federal health departments and agencies, 

4 including other subagencies of the Department 

5 of Health and Human Services such as the 

6 Health Resources and Services Administration, 

7 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

8 and the National Institutes of Health, to best 

9 address the mental health and substance use 

10 disorders of individuals who are seeking to 

11 manage mental health and substance use dis12 orders during or in connection to the COVID– 

13 19 pandemic; and 

14 (D) an evaluation of the impact that men15 tal health and substance use disorder challenges 

16 and health outcomes (including suicide) experi17 enced during or in connection to the COVID– 

18 19 pandemic have on— 

19 (i) the health care workforce and oc20 cupations related to pandemic prepared21 ness and response; 

22 (ii) workforce readiness in new occu23 pations for employees whose jobs became 

24 obsolete; and 


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1 (iii) community resilience. 

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