mental health services in designated mental health profes-
sional shortage areas. 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014.’’. 
(c) BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION 
AND TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Part A of title V of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 506C. GRANTS FOR BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL 
HEALTH EDUCATION AND TRAINING PRO-
GRAMS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, 
the term ‘related mental health personnel’ means an indi-
vidual who— 
‘‘(1) facilitates access to a medical, social, edu-
cational, or other service; and 
‘‘(2) is not a mental health professional, but 
who is the first point of contact with persons who 
are seeking mental health services. 
‘‘(b) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Secretary, 
acting 
through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, shall establish a 
program to increase the number of trained behavioral and 
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mental health professionals and related mental health per-
sonnel by awarding grants on a competitive basis to men-
tal and behavioral health nonprofit organizations or ac-
credited institutions of higher education to enable such en-
tities to establish or expand accredited mental and behav-
ioral health education programs. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity desir-
ing a grant under this section shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may reasonably require. 
‘‘(2) ASSURANCES.—The application shall in-
clude assurances that the applicant will meet the re-
quirements of this subsection and that the applicant 
possesses sufficient infrastructure to manage the ac-
tivities to be funded through the grant and to evalu-
ate and report on the outcomes resulting from such 
activities. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that— 
‘‘(1) demonstrate a familiarity with the use of 
evidenced-based methods in behavioral and mental 
health services; 
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‘‘(2) provide interdisciplinary training experi-
ences; and 
‘‘(3) demonstrate a commitment to training 
methods and practices that emphasize the integrated 
treatment of mental health and substance abuse dis-
orders. 
‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under this 
section shall be used to— 
‘‘(1) establish or expand accredited behavioral 
and mental health education programs, including im-
proving the coursework, related field placements, or 
faculty of such programs; or 
‘‘(2) establish or expand accredited mental and 
behavioral health training programs for related men-
tal health personnel. 
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary may award a 
grant to an eligible entity only if such entity agrees that— 
‘‘(1) any behavioral or mental health program 
assisted under the grant will prioritize cultural com-
petency and the recruitment of trainees from racial 
and ethnic minority and medically-underserved com-
munities; and 
‘‘(2) with respect to any violation of the agree-
ment between the Secretary and the entity, the enti-
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ty will pay such liquidated damages as prescribed by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(g) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that grants awarded under this section are 
equitably distributed among the geographical regions of 
the United States and between urban and rural popu-
lations. 
‘‘(h) EVALUATION.—Not later than 3 months after 
a grant awarded under this section expires, an eligible en-
tity shall submit to the Secretary the results of an evalua-
tion to be conducted by the entity concerning the effective-
ness of the activities carried out under the grant. 
‘‘(i) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the date 
of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall prepare 
and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
report containing data relating to whether grants provided 
under this section have increased access to behavioral and 
mental health services in designated mental health profes-
sional shortage areas. 
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$4,000,0000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014.’’. 
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SEC. 6. IMPROVING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
IN MEDICALLY-UNDERSERVED AREAS. 
Subpart 3 of part B of title V of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–31 et seq.), as amended by 
section 3, is amended by inserting after section 520A the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 520B. GRANTS FOR TELE-MENTAL HEALTH IN MEDI-
CALLY-UNDERSERVED AREAS. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, shall award 
grants to eligible entities to provide tele-mental health in 
medically-underserved areas. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—To be eligible for assist-
ance under the program under subsection (a), an entity 
shall be a qualified community mental health program (as 
defined in section 1913(b)(1)). 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity desir-
ing a grant under this section shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may reasonably require. 
‘‘(2) ASSURANCES.—The application shall in-
clude assurances that the applicant will meet the re-
quirements of this subsection and that the applicant 
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‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014.’’. 
SEC. 7. IMPROVING HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS. 
Part A of title V of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq.), as amended by section 5(c), 
is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 506D. IMPROVING HEALTH INFORMATION TECH-
NOLOGY FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall collaborate 
with the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Men-
tal Health Services Administration and the National Coor-
dinator for Health Information Technology to— 
‘‘(1) develop and implement a plan for ensuring 
that various components of the National Health In-
formation Infrastructure, including data and privacy 
standards, electronic health records, and community 
and regional health networks, address the needs of 
mental health and substance abuse treatment pro-
viders; and 
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‘‘(2) finance related infrastructure improve-
ments, technical support, personnel training, and on-
going quality improvements. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014.’’. 
SEC. 8. PAPERWORK REDUCTION STUDY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Institute of Medi-
cine shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a report that evaluates the combined paperwork bur-
den of qualified community mental health programs as de-
fined in section 1913(b)(1) of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–3I(b)(1)). 
(b) SCOPE.—In preparing the report under sub-
section (a), the Institute of Medicine shall examine licens-
ing, certification, service definitions, claims payment, bill-
ing codes, and financial auditing requirements utilized by 
the Office of Management and Budget, the Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Health Resources and 
Services Administration, the Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration, the Office of the Inspec-
tor General, State Medicaid agencies, State departments 
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of health, State departments of education, and State and 
local juvenile justice and social service agencies to— 
(1) establish an estimate of the combined na-
tionwide cost of complying with the requirements de-
scribed in this paragraph, in terms of both adminis-
trative funding and staff time; 
(2) establish an estimate of the per capita cost 
to each qualified community mental health program 
defined in section 1913(b)(1) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–3(b)(1)) to comply 
with the requirements of this paragraph, in terms of 
both administrative funding and staff time; and 
(3) make administrative and statutory rec-
ommendations to Congress, which may include a 
uniform methodology, to reduce the paperwork bur-
den experienced by qualified community mental 
health programs defined in section 1913(b)(1) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–3(b)(1)). 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$550,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011. 
SEC. 9. WAGE STUDY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Institute of Medi-
cine shall conduct a nationwide analysis, and submit a re-
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port to the appropriate committees of Congress, con-
cerning the compensation structure of professional and 
paraprofessional personnel employed by qualified commu-
nity mental health programs as defined under section 
1913(b)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300x–3(b)(1)), as compared with the compensation struc-
ture of comparable health safety net providers and rel-
evant private sector health care employers. 
(b) SCOPE.—In preparing the report under sub-
section (a), the Institute of Medicine shall examine com-
pensation disparities, if such disparities are determined to 
exist, by type of personnel, type of provider or private sec-
tor employer, and geographic region. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$550,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011. 
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