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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4486 

To establish an interactive online dashboard to allow the public to review 

information for Federal grant funding related to mental health programs. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 6, 2020 

Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Ms. SMITH) introduced the following bill; which 

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

Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To establish an interactive online dashboard to allow the 

public to review information for Federal grant funding 

related to mental health programs. 

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 ‘‘Achieving Thorough 

5 Transparency and Accessibility for Information Naviga6 tion on Mental Health Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘ATTAIN 

7 Mental Health Act’’. 

8 SEC. 2. INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD. 

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 


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

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

3 Health and Human Services (referred to in this sec4 tion as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall establish and operate 

5 an interactive, internet website-based dashboard (re6 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘dashboard’’) that 

7 publicizes federally funded mental health related 

8 grants, for the purpose of enabling potential appli9 cants for such grants, including applicants who 

10 would be eligible for a subgrant under such a pro11 gram, to review such grants. 

12 (2) DESIGN.—The public-facing, internet 

13 website-based dashboard shall be designed in a user14 friendly, publicly accessible manner that complies 

15 with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 

16 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), and helps entities identify 

17 mental health related grants for which applicants 

18 may be eligible, to facilitate funding opportunity 

19 communication and engagement. 

20 (3) CONSULTATION.—In establishing the dash21 board under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall con22 sult with— 

23 (A) the Director of the National Institutes 

24 of Health, the Assistant Secretary for Mental 

25 Health and Substance Use, the Director of the 


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1 Indian Health Service, the Administrator of the 

2 Health Resources and Services Administration, 

3 the Secretary of Education, the Attorney Gen4 eral, the Secretary of Housing and Urban De5 velopment, the Secretary of Labor, the Sec6 retary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of De7 fense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and 

8 heads of other relevant agencies, as appro9 priate; and 

10 (B) relevant stakeholders who are the in11 tended users of the dashboard, including ele12 mentary or secondary schools, institutions of 

13 higher education, including Historically Black 

14 Colleges and Universities, tribal colleges or uni15 versities, and other minority-serving institu16 tions, as such institutions are described in sec17 tion 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 

18 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q), local educational 

19 agencies, State educational agencies, nonprofit 

20 organizations, tribal organizations, faith or 

21 community-based organizations, clinical re22 searchers, mental health treatment facilities, 

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1 forcement agencies, first responders, drug 

2 courts, mental health courts, and veterans 

3 treatment courts, and which consultation shall 

4 be with respect to elements of the dashboard, 

5 such as search terms, links, and user-friendly 

6 format. 

7 (4) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—The Secretary, 

8 in consultation with representatives of relevant agen9 cies, including representatives appointed by the 

10 heads of agencies described in paragraph (3)(A), 

11 shall, not later than 120 days after the date of en12 actment of this Act, issue a plan to launch the dash13 board not later than 2 years after the date of enact14 ment of this Act. 

15 (b) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall continually main16 tain the dashboard established under subsection (a) to 

17 keep all relevant, current grant opportunities posted. 

18 (c) REQUIREMENTS.—The dashboard established 

19 under subsection (a) shall have an easy-to-use interface, 

20 and shall, at a minimum, meet the following requirements: 

21 (1) Provide the following information: 

22 (A) The name of each Federal grant pro23 gram and, if different, the name of each associ24 ated State grant program, as available, that is 

25 designated for the purposes of mental health 


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1 support, treatment, or assistance, or under 

2 which mental health support is an acceptable 

3 expenditure of grant funds. 

4 (B) With respect to the current fiscal year, 

5 for each program for which subgrants are not 

6 available, indicate whether applications for the 

7 Federal grant application period is open or 

8 closed, and the opening and closing dates. 

9 (C) For each program for which amounts 

10 have been awarded to States for the current fis11 cal year with respect to a block grant described 

12 in subsection (d)(2), include whether the rel13 evant application period for a subgrant remains 

14 open at the State level, and whether there will 

15 be a new subgrant competition during the cur16 rent fiscal year, if such information is available 

17 from the applicable State. 

18 (2) For purposes of assisting users in identi19 fying programs included in the dashboard, including 

20 the following information with respect to each pro21 gram listed: 

22 (A) Any associated authorization, report, 

23 appropriation, agency program, grant number, 

24 or other information useful in identifying the 

25 program. 


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1 (B) Any subgrant name used by a State 

2 with respect to a Federal grant program known 

3 by the Secretary. 

4 (3) Allow potential grant applicants to search 

5 the dashboard by key categories and location, if ap6 plicable, for which grants are available. 

7 (4) Provide, as appropriate, access or links to 

8 the respective program information pages and online 

9 applications. 

10 (d) ACCEPTANCE AND INTEGRATION OF STATE PRO11 VIDED DATA.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 

13 and integrate into the dashboard information volun14 tarily submitted by States that is relevant to the 

15 purposes of such dashboard, as described in para16 graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a). 

17 (2) BLOCK GRANTS.—In the case of mental 

18 health resources made available through Federal 

19 block grants to States, or Federal funding for which 

20 a specific recipient is not identified prior to its dis21 tribution to a State, the Secretary shall establish a 

22 method for States to voluntarily identify where Fed23 eral grants were distributed for the purpose of ena24 bling prospective applicants to recognize the pro25 gram name for the funding that is used at the State 


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1 level and any relevant direct website link to apply 

2 for the funding at the State level. 

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