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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4830 
To establish an interactive online dashboard to improve public access to 
information about grant funding related to mental health and substance 
use disorder programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2023 
Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas (for himself and Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish an interactive online dashboard to improve pub-
lic access to information about grant funding related 
to mental health and substance use disorder programs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Achieving Thorough 
Transparency and Accessibility for Information Naviga-
tion on Mental Health Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘ATTAIN 
Mental Health Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services (referred to in this sec-
tion as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall establish and operate 
an interactive, internet website-based dashboard (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘dashboard’’) that 
improves public access to information about Federal 
grants related to mental health and substance use 
disorder, including for potential applicants for such 
grants. 
(2) DESIGN.—The dashboard shall be designed 
in a manner that complies with the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.). 
(3) CONSULTATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—In establishing the 
dashboard under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
may consult with— 
(i) the Director of the National Insti-
tutes of Health, the Assistant Secretary 
for Mental Health and Substance Use, the 
Director of the Indian Health Service, the 
Administrator of the Health Resources and 
Services Administration, the Secretary of 
Education, the Attorney General, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Develop-
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ment, the Secretary of Labor, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, and heads of other relevant agencies, 
as the Secretary determines appropriate; 
(ii) Indian Tribes and Tribal organi-
zations (as defined in section 4 of the In-
dian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)); and 
(iii) relevant entities who may use the 
dashboard, including— 
(I) 
elementary 
or 
secondary 
schools; institutions of higher edu-
cation, including historically Black 
colleges and universities (as defined 
for purposes of section 322 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1061), Tribal colleges or uni-
versities (as defined in section 316(b) 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)), and other mi-
nority-serving institutions, as such in-
stitutions are described in section 
371(a) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q); local edu-
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cational agencies (as defined in sec-
tion 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801); State educational agen-
cies (as defined in such section 8101); 
nonprofit organizations; faith or com-
munity-based organizations; clinical 
researchers; mental health and sub-
stance use disorder care providers; 
mental health and substance use dis-
order prevention, treatment, and re-
covery programs and facilities; hous-
ing services; municipal governments; 
law enforcement agencies; first re-
sponders; drug courts; mental health 
courts; veterans treatment courts; 
health programs administered directly 
by the Indian Health Service; Tribal 
health programs; Urban Indian orga-
nizations (as defined in section 4 of 
the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act (25 U.S.C. 1603); and Native 
Hawaiian organizations (as defined in 
section 12(5) of the Native Hawaiian 
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Health Care Improvement Act (42 
U.S.C. 11711(5))); and 
(II) any other entities that the 
Secretary determines are relevant. 
(B) TOPICS.—The consultation with stake-
holders and entities described in subparagraph 
(A)(ii) shall be with respect to elements of the 
dashboard, such as search functions, grant 
data, user-friendly design, and any other ele-
ments that the Secretary determines are appro-
priate for purposes of this subsection. 
(4) IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN.—The Secretary, 
in consultation with representatives of relevant agen-
cies described in paragraph (3)(A), shall, not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, publicly issue a plan to launch the dashboard, 
including opportunities to improve upon existing 
publicly accessible websites that may be updated by 
the Secretary to meet the requirements under sub-
section (c). 
(b) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall continually main-
tain the dashboard established under subsection (a) to 
keep all relevant, current grant opportunities posted. 
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(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The dashboard established 
under subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, meet the fol-
lowing requirements: 
(1) Provide the following information: 
(A) The name of each Federal grant pro-
gram and, if different, the name of each associ-
ated State grant program, as available, that is 
designated for, or which allows an expenditure 
for, activities for the purposes of mental health 
or substance use disorder prevention, treat-
ment, recovery, or support. 
(B) With respect to the current fiscal year, 
for each program for which subgrants are not 
available, indicate whether applications for the 
Federal grant application period is open, closed 
or awarded, and the opening, closing, and 
award dates. 
(C) For each program for which amounts 
have been awarded to States for the current fis-
cal year with respect to a block grant described 
in subsection (d)(2), include, as available, 
whether the relevant application period for a 
subgrant remains open, has closed, or been 
awarded at the State level, and whether there 
will be a new subgrant competition during the 
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current fiscal year, if such information is avail-
able from the applicable State in a manner that 
allows for integration of such information into 
the dashboard or for links to such information 
within the dashboard. 
(2) For purposes of assisting applicants in iden-
tifying programs included in the dashboard, include 
the following information with respect to each pro-
gram listed: 
(A) Any associated authorization, report, 
appropriation, agency program, grant number, 
or other information that the Secretary deter-
mines to be useful in identifying the program. 
(B) Any subgrant name used by a State, 
if different than the associated Federal pro-
gram, if known by the Secretary. 
(3) Allow potential grant applicants to search 
the dashboard by key categories and location, if ap-
plicable, for which grants are available. 
(4) Provide, as appropriate, access or links to 
the respective program information pages and online 
applications. 
(d) ACCEPTANCE AND INTEGRATION OF STATE PRO-
VIDED DATA.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may deter-
mine how to accept and integrate into the dashboard 
information voluntarily submitted by States that is 
relevant to the purposes of such dashboard, as de-
scribed subsection (a)(1). 
(2) BLOCK
GRANTS.—In the case of mental 
health and substance use disorder resources made 
available through Federal block grants to States and 
Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations (as defined 
in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), or 
Federal funding for which a specific recipient is not 
identified prior to its distribution to a State or In-
dian Tribe or Tribal organization, the Secretary may 
establish a method for States and Indian Tribes and 
Tribal organizations to voluntarily identify how Fed-
eral grants will be or were distributed, including 
grant names and internet website links, if different. 
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