SEC. 3. COORDINATOR FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHO-
SOCIAL SUPPORT. 
Section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2152f) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) COORDINATOR FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND PSY-
CHOSOCIAL SUPPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is 
authorized to designate a Mental Health and Psy-
chosocial Support Coordinator (referred to in this 
section as the ‘MHPSS Coordinator’). 
‘‘(2) SPECIFIC
DUTIES.—The duties of the 
MHPSS Coordinator shall include— 
‘‘(A) establishing and chairing the Mental 
Health and Psychosocial Support Working 
Group authorized under section 4 of the Mental 
Health in International Development and Hu-
manitarian Settings Act; 
‘‘(B) guiding, overseeing, and directing 
mental health and psychosocial support pro-
gramming and integration across United States 
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development and humanitarian assistance pro-
grams; 
‘‘(C) serving as the main point of contact 
on mental health and psychosocial support in 
the Bureau for Global Health, Bureau for Hu-
manitarian Assistance, regional bureaus, the 
Office of Education, the Inclusive Development 
Hub in the Bureau of Development, Democ-
racy, and Innovation, and other bureaus as ap-
propriate, the President’s Emergency Plan for 
AIDS Relief, and other interagency or presi-
dential initiatives; 
‘‘(D) promoting best practices, coordina-
tion, and reporting in mental health and psy-
chosocial support programming across United 
States development and humanitarian assist-
ance programs; 
‘‘(E) providing direction, guidance, and 
oversight on the integration of mental health 
and psychosocial support in United States de-
velopment and humanitarian assistance pro-
grams; and 
‘‘(F) participating in the Advancing Pro-
tection and Care for Children in Adversity 
Interagency Working Group. 
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‘‘(3) FOCUS POPULATIONS.—The MHPSS Co-
ordinator should, as appropriate, prioritize popu-
lations with increased risk factors for developing 
mental health disorders, including— 
‘‘(A) adult caretakers and children, as well 
as families and adults who are long-term care-
takers; 
‘‘(B) children and others who are sepa-
rated from a family unit; and 
‘‘(C) other specific populations in need of 
mental health and psychosocial support, such as 
crisis affected communities, displaced popu-
lations, gender-based violence survivors, and in-
dividuals and households coping with the con-
sequences of diseases, such as Ebola, HIV/ 
AIDS, and COVID–19.’’. 
SEC. 4. MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT 
WORKING GROUP. 
The Administrator, in cooperation with the Mental 
Health and Psychosocial Support Coordinator (designated 
pursuant to subsection (f) of section 135 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as added by section 3), shall es-
tablish the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support 
Working Group, which shall include senior representatives 
from the relevant USAID bureaus, the Department of 
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State, and other Federal departments and agencies, as ap-
propriate, to ensure continuity and integration of mental 
health and psychosocial support across United States de-
velopment and humanitarian assistance programs. 
SEC. 5. INTEGRATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHO-
SOCIAL SUPPORT. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States to integrate mental health and psychosocial 
support across all relevant United States development and 
humanitarian assistance programs. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION
OF POLICY.—The Adminis-
trator and the Secretary of State should— 
(1) require all USAID and Department of State 
regional bureaus and missions to advance the policy 
described in subsection (a) through relevant develop-
ment and humanitarian assistance efforts, including 
by building local capacity to inform, design and im-
plement mental health and psychosocial support pro-
gramming; 
(2) ensure that all USAID and Department of 
State mental health and psychosocial support pro-
gramming— 
(A) is evidence-based and culturally com-
petent; 
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(B) responds to all types of childhood ad-
versity; and 
(C) includes trauma-specific interventions 
in accordance with the recognized principles of 
a trauma-informed approach, whenever applica-
ble; and 
(3) integrate the principles of Advancing Pro-
tection and Care for Children in Adversity Strategy. 
SEC. 6. CONSULTATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, 
in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall consult 
with the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate regarding— 
(1) the progress made in carrying out section 
5(b); and 
(2) any barriers preventing the full integration 
of the strategy referred to in section 5(b)(3). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 
5 fiscal years, the Administrator and the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Mental Health and Psycho-
social Support Coordinator (designated pursuant to sub-
section (f) of section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
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of 1961, as added by section 3) and the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, as necessary and ap-
propriate, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on— 
(1) the amount of funding under United States 
development and humanitarian assistance programs 
obligated and expended during the most recently 
concluded fiscal year on mental health and psycho-
social support programming; 
(2) how USAID and the Department of State 
are working to integrate mental health and psycho-
social programming, including child-specific pro-
gramming, into their development and humanitarian 
assistance programs across relevant sectors, includ-
ing health, education, nutrition, and protection; 
(3) the metrics of success of the Advancing 
Protection and Care for Children in Adversity Strat-
egy and progress made towards achieving broader 
mental health outcomes; 
(4) where trauma-specific strategies are being 
implemented, and how best practices for trauma-in-
formed programming are being shared across pro-
grams; 
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(5) barriers preventing full integration of child 
mental health and psychosocial support into pro-
grams for children and youth and recommendations 
for modifications or expansion; 
(6) barriers to the expansion of mental health 
and psychosocial support programming in conflict 
and humanitarian settings and how such barriers 
are being addressed; 
(7) the impact of the COVID–19 pandemic on 
mental health and psychosocial support program-
ming; and 
(8) funding data, including a list of programs 
to which USAID and the Department of State have 
obligated funds during the most recently concluded 
fiscal year to improve access to, and the quality of, 
mental health and psychosocial support program-
ming in development and humanitarian contexts. 
SEC. 7. SUNSET. 
This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 
shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of USAID. 
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(2) USAID.—The term ‘‘USAID’’ means the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment. 
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