SEC. 4. INTEGRATING TREATMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH 
AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE CO-OCCURRING DIS-
ORDERS. 
Section 520I of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 290bb–40) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (i) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(j) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall make available 
to carry out this section, $14,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, 
$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2014. 
Such sums shall be made available in equal amount from 
amounts appropriated under sections 509 and 520A.’’; 
and 
(2) by inserting before subsection (j), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.—For 
purposes of eligibility under this section, the term ‘private 
nonprofit organization’ includes a qualified community 
mental health program as defined under section 
1913(b)(1).’’. 
SEC. 5. IMPROVING THE MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE. 
(a) NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS.—Para-
graph (1) of section 332(a) of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 254e(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and 
community mental health centers meeting the criteria 
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specified in section 1913(c)’’ after ‘‘Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)),’’. 
(b) RECRUITMENT
AND RETENTION
OF MENTAL 
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.—Subpart X of part D of title 
III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256f et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 340H. GRANTS FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION 
OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. 
‘‘(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Secretary, 
acting 
through the Administrator of the Health Resources and 
Services Administration, shall award grants to States, ter-
ritories, and Indian tribes or tribal organizations for inno-
vative programs to address the behavioral and mental 
health workforce needs of designated mental health profes-
sional shortage areas. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity shall use 
grant funds awarded under this section for— 
‘‘(1) loan forgiveness and repayment programs 
(to be carried out in a manner similar to the loan 
repayment programs carried out under subpart III 
of part D) for behavioral and mental health profes-
sionals who— 
‘‘(A) agree to practice in designated men-
tal health professional shortage areas; 
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‘‘(B) are graduates of programs in behav-
ioral or mental health; 
‘‘(C) agree to serve in community-based 
non-profit entities, or as public mental health 
professionals for the Federal, State or local gov-
ernment; and 
‘‘(D) agree to— 
‘‘(i) provide services to patients re-
gardless of such patients’ ability to pay; 
and 
‘‘(ii) use a sliding payment scale for 
patients who are unable to pay the total 
cost of services; 
‘‘(2) behavioral and mental health professional 
recruitment and retention efforts, with a particular 
emphasis on candidates from racial and ethnic mi-
nority and medically-underserved communities; 
‘‘(3) grants or low-interest or no-interest loans 
for behavioral and mental health professionals who 
participate in the Medicaid program under title XIX 
of the Social Security Act to establish or expand 
practices in designated mental health professional 
shortage areas, or to serve in qualified community 
mental health programs as defined in section 
1913(b)(1); 
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‘‘(4) placement and support for behavioral and 
mental health students, residents, trainees, and fel-
lows or interns; or 
‘‘(5) continuing behavioral and mental health 
education, including distance-based education. 
‘‘(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) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary may 
not make a grant to an eligible entity under this section 
unless that entity agrees that, with respect to the costs 
to be incurred by the entity in carrying out the activities 
for which the grant was awarded, the entity will provide 
non-Federal contributions in an amount equal to not less 
than 35 percent of Federal funds provided under the 
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grant. The entity may provide the contributions in cash 
or in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, 
and services, and may provide the contributions from 
State, local, or private sources. 
‘‘(e) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—A grant award-
ed under this section shall be expended to supplement, and 
not supplant, the expenditures of the eligible entity and 
the value of in-kind contributions for carrying out the ac-
tivities for which the grant was awarded. 
‘‘(f) 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. 
‘‘(g) 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. 
‘‘(h) 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 
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