SEC. 2. GRANTS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS OF INDIVID-
UALS WHO EXPERIENCE TRAUMA AND VIO-
LENCE RELATED STRESS. 
Section 582 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 290hh–1) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 582. GRANTS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS OF INDI-
VIDUALS WHO EXPERIENCE TRAUMA AND VI-
OLENCE RELATED STRESS. 
‘‘(a) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
grants, contracts or cooperative agreements to public and 
nonprofit private entities, as well as to Indian tribes and 
tribal organizations, for the purpose of developing and 
maintaining programs that— 
‘‘(1) provide for the continued operation of the 
National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (referred 
to in this section as the ‘NCTSI’) and focus on the 
mental, behavioral, and biological aspects of psycho-
logical trauma response; and 
‘‘(2) provide for the development of knowledge 
with regard to evidence-based practices for identi-
fying and treating mental, behavioral, and biological 
disorders of children and youth resulting from wit-
nessing or experiencing a traumatic event. 
‘‘(b) PRIORITIES.—In awarding grants, contracts or 
cooperative agreements under subsection (a)(2) (related to 
the development of knowledge on evidence-based practices 
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for treating mental, behavioral, and biological disorders 
associated with psychological trauma), the Secretary shall 
give priority to universities, hospitals, mental health agen-
cies, and other community-based child-serving programs 
that have established clinical and research experience in 
the field of trauma-related mental disorders. 
‘‘(c) COORDINATING CENTER.—In carrying out sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall award one cooperative 
agreement to a comprehensive national coordinating cen-
ter to oversee NCTSI activities (in this section referred 
to as the ‘NCTSI coordinating center’). 
‘‘(d) CHILD OUTCOME DATA.—The NCTSI coordi-
nating center shall collect, analyze, and report NCTSI- 
wide child outcome and process data for the purpose of 
establishing the effectiveness, implementation, and clinical 
utility of early identification and delivery of evidence-based 
treatment and services delivered to children and families 
served by the NCTSI grantees. 
‘‘(e) TRAINING.—The NCTSI coordinating center 
shall oversee the continuum of interprofessional training 
initiatives in evidence-based and trauma-informed treat-
ments, interventions, and practices offered to NCTSI 
grantees and providers in all child-serving systems. 
‘‘(f) PREVENTION.—The NCTSI coordinating center 
shall include a focus on the development of prevention 
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services and resources as they relate to the prevention of 
exposure to traumatic events and to early intervention 
programs focused on the prevention of the long-term con-
sequences of child trauma. 
‘‘(g) RESEARCH.—The NCTSI coordinating center 
shall establish an ongoing collaboration with Federal re-
search institutions, including at the National Institutes of 
Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion, for the purpose of sharing NCTSI expertise and eval-
uation data, conducting joint evaluation projects, and in-
forming national research priorities related to child trau-
ma. 
‘‘(h) DISSEMINATION.—The NCTSI coordinating 
center shall collaborate with the Secretary in the dissemi-
nation of evidence-based and trauma-informed interven-
tions, treatments, products, and other resources to all 
child-serving systems, collaborating Federal agencies, and 
policymakers. 
‘‘(i) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall establish con-
sensus-driven, in-person or teleconference review of 
NCTSI applications by child trauma experts and review 
criteria related to expertise and experience related to child 
trauma and evidence-based practices. 
‘‘(j) GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that grants, contracts or cooperative agree-
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ments under subsection (a) are distributed equitably 
among the regions of the United States and among urban 
and rural areas. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 
expertise and experience in the field of trauma-related dis-
orders shall be prioritized in the awarding of such grants 
as required under subsection (b). 
‘‘(k) EVALUATION.—The Secretary, as part of the 
application process, shall require that each applicant for 
a grant, contract or cooperative agreement under sub-
section (a) submit a plan for the rigorous evaluation of 
the activities funded under the grant, contract or agree-
ment, including both process and outcome evaluation, and 
the submission of an evaluation at the end of the project 
period. 
‘‘(l) DURATION
OF AWARDS.—With respect to a 
grant, contract or cooperative agreement under subsection 
(a), the period during which payments under such an 
award will be made to the recipient shall be 6 years. Such 
grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements may be re-
newed. Expertise and experience in the field of trauma- 
related disorders shall be a priority for new and continuing 
awards. 
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‘‘(m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.’’. 
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