SEC. 2. MAINTAINING EDUCATION AND TRAINING ON EAT-
ING DISORDERS. 
Subpart 3 of part B of title V of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–31 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 520N. CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR EATING DIS-
ORDERS FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING ON 
EATING DISORDERS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Assistant Secretary, shall maintain, by competitive 
grant or contract, a Center of Excellence for Eating Dis-
orders (referred to in this section as the ‘Center’) to im-
prove the identification of, interventions for, and treat-
ment of eating disorders in a manner that is culturally 
and linguistically appropriate. 
‘‘(b) SUBGRANTS AND SUBCONTRACTS.—The Center 
shall coordinate and implement the activities under sub-
section (c), in whole or in part, by awarding competitive 
subgrants or subcontracts— 
‘‘(1) across geographical regions; and 
‘‘(2) in a manner that is not duplicative. 
‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES.—The Center— 
‘‘(1) shall— 
‘‘(A) provide training and technical assist-
ance for frontline health care providers and 
frontline community professionals to carry out 
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screening, brief intervention, and referral to 
treatment for individuals experiencing, or at 
risk for, eating disorders; 
‘‘(B) in carrying out subparagraph (A), de-
velop adaptive training models for frontline 
health care providers and frontline community 
professionals to carry out screening, brief inter-
vention, and referral to treatment for children 
and marginalized populations experiencing, or 
at risk for, eating disorders; 
‘‘(C) provide technical assistance to other 
centers of excellence, technical assistance cen-
ters, and psychiatric consultation lines of the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration or the Health Resources and 
Services Administration on eating disorder 
identification, intervention, and referral for 
treatment; and 
‘‘(D) coordinate with the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 
the Administrator of the Health Resources and 
Services Administration to disseminate training 
to frontline health care providers and frontline 
community professionals; and 
‘‘(2) may— 
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‘‘(A) coordinate with electronic health 
record systems for the integration of protocols 
pertaining to screening, brief intervention, and 
referral to treatment for individuals experi-
encing, or at risk for, eating disorders; 
‘‘(B) develop adaptive training models for 
frontline health care providers and frontline 
community professionals to carry out screening, 
brief intervention, and referral to treatment for 
Members of the Armed Forces and veterans ex-
periencing, or at risk for, eating disorders; and 
‘‘(C) consult with the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on pre-
vention, identification, intervention for, and 
treatment of eating disorders. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro-
priated $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 
2027.’’. 
Æ 
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