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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7316 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment 

or operation of a center to be known as the Emergency Mental Health 

and Substance Use Training and Technical Assistance Center. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 24, 2020 

Mr. ROSE of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 

the establishment or operation of a center to be known 

as the Emergency Mental Health and Substance Use 

Training and Technical Assistance Center. 

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

3 SECTION 1. EMERGENCY MENTAL HEALTH AND SUB4 STANCE USE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL AS5 SISTANCE CENTER. 

6 Subpart 3 of part B of title V of the Public Health 

7 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–31 et seq.) is amended by 


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1 inserting after section 520A (42 U.S.C. 290bb–32) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 520B. EMERGENCY MENTAL HEALTH AND SUB4 STANCE USE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL AS5 SISTANCE CENTER. 

6 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, acting 

7 through the Assistant Secretary, shall establish or operate 

8 a center to be known as the Emergency Mental Health 

9 and Substance Use Training and Technical Assistance 

10 Center (referred to in this section as the ‘Center’) to pro11 vide technical assistance and support— 

12 ‘‘(1) to public or nonprofit entities seeking to 

13 establish or expand access to mental health and sub14 stance use prevention, treatment, and recovery sup15 port services, and increase awareness of such serv16 ices; and 

17 ‘‘(2) to public health professionals, health care 

18 professionals and support staff, essential workers (as 

19 defined by a State, Tribe, locality, or territory), and 

20 members of the public to address the trauma, stress, 

21 and mental health needs associated with an emer22 gency period. 

23 ‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT.—The assistance 

24 and support provided under subsection (a) shall include 

25 assistance and support with respect to— 


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1 ‘‘(1) training on identifying signs of trauma, 

2 stress, and mental health needs; 

3 ‘‘(2) providing accessible resources to assist in4 dividuals and families experiencing trauma, stress, 

5 or other mental health needs during and after an 

6 emergency period; 

7 ‘‘(3) providing resources for substance use dis8 order prevention, treatment, and recovery designed 

9 to assist individuals and families during and after an 

10 emergency period; 

11 ‘‘(4) the provision of language access services, 

12 including translation services, interpretation, or 

13 other such services for individuals with limited 

14 English speaking proficiency or individuals with dis15 abilities; and 

16 ‘‘(5) evaluation and improvement, as necessary, 

17 of the effectiveness of such services provided by pub18 lic or nonprofit entities. 

19 ‘‘(c) BEST PRACTICES.—The Center shall periodi20 cally issue best practices for use by organizations seeking 

21 to provide mental health services or substance use disorder 

22 prevention, treatment, or recovery services, including best 

23 practices for the following special populations: 

24 ‘‘(1) Incarcerated individuals. 

25 ‘‘(2) Children. 


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1 ‘‘(3) Pregnant women. 

2 ‘‘(4) Underserved populations. 

3 ‘‘(5) Communities of color. 

4 ‘‘(6) Health care providers and essential work5 ers. 

6 ‘‘(d) EMERGENCY PERIOD.—In this section, the term 

7 ‘emergency period’ has the meaning given such term in 

8 section 1135(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act. 

9 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

10 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

11 $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021.’’. 

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