‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this section, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for 
the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2022. 
‘‘(2) USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—Of the funds ap-
propriated to carry out this section in any fiscal 
year, no more than 5 percent shall be available to the 
Assistant Secretary for carrying out subsection (d).’’. 
SEC. 502. STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE 
SYSTEMS. 
Section 520F of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 290bb–37) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 520F. STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY CRISIS RE-
SPONSE SYSTEMS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award com-
petitive grants— 
‘‘(1) to State and local governments and Indian 
tribes and tribal organizations to enhance commu-
nity-based crisis response systems; or 
‘‘(2) to States to develop, maintain, or enhance 
a database of beds at inpatient psychiatric facilities, 
crisis stabilization units, and residential community 
mental health and residential substance use disorder 
treatment facilities, for individuals with serious men-
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tal illness, serious emotional disturbance, or substance 
use disorders. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To receive a grant or cooper-
ative agreement under subsection (a), an entity shall 
submit to the Secretary an application, at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as 
the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(2) 
COMMUNITY-BASED
CRISIS
RESPONSE 
PLAN.—An application for a grant under subsection 
(a)(1) shall include a plan for— 
‘‘(A) promoting integration and coordina-
tion between local public and private entities en-
gaged in crisis response, including first respond-
ers, emergency health care providers, primary 
care providers, law enforcement, court systems, 
health care payers, social service providers, and 
behavioral health providers; 
‘‘(B) developing a plan for entering into 
memoranda of understanding with public and 
private entities to implement crisis response 
services; 
‘‘(C) expanding the continuum of commu-
nity-based services to address crisis intervention 
and prevention; and 
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‘‘(D) developing models for minimizing hos-
pital readmissions, including through appro-
priate discharge planning. 
‘‘(3) BEDS DATABASE PLAN.—An application for 
a grant under subsection (a)(2) shall include a plan 
for developing, maintaining, or enhancing a real-time 
Internet-based bed database to collect, aggregate, and 
display information about beds in inpatient psy-
chiatric facilities and crisis stabilization units, and 
residential community mental health and residential 
substance use disorder treatment facilities, to facili-
tate the identification and designation of facilities for 
the temporary treatment of individuals in mental or 
substance use disorder crisis. 
‘‘(c) DATABASE REQUIREMENTS.—A bed database de-
scribed in this section is a database that— 
‘‘(1) includes information on inpatient psy-
chiatric facilities, crisis stabilization units, and resi-
dential community mental health and residential sub-
stance use disorder facilities in the State involved, in-
cluding contact information for the facility or unit; 
‘‘(2) provides real-time information about the 
number of beds available at each facility or unit and, 
for each available bed, the type of patient that may 
be admitted, the level of security provided, and any 
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other information that may be necessary to allow for 
the proper identification of appropriate facilities for 
treatment of individuals in mental or substance use 
disorder crisis; and 
‘‘(3) enables searches of the database to identify 
available beds that are appropriate for the treatment 
of individuals in mental or substance use disorder 
crisis. 
‘‘(d) EVALUATION.—An entity receiving a grant under 
subsection (a)(1) shall submit to the Secretary, at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may reasonably require, a report, including an 
evaluation of the effect of such grant on— 
‘‘(1) local crisis response services and measures 
of individuals receiving crisis planning and early 
intervention supports; 
‘‘(2) individuals reporting improved functional 
outcomes; and 
‘‘(3) individuals receiving regular followup care 
following a crisis. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$5,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 
2022.’’. 
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SEC. 503. INCREASED AND EXTENDED FUNDING FOR AS-
SISTED OUTPATIENT GRANT PROGRAM FOR 
INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILL-
NESS. 
Section 224(g) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act 
of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 290aa note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2022’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘is authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2015 through 2017, $20,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2018, $19,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2019 and 2020, and $18,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2021 and 2022’’. 
SEC. 504. LIABILITY PROTECTIONS FOR HEALTH PROFES-
SIONAL 
VOLUNTEERS 
AT 
COMMUNITY 
HEALTH CENTERS. 
Section 224 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 233) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(q)(1) For purposes of this section, a health profes-
sional volunteer at an entity described in subsection (g)(4) 
shall, in providing a health professional service eligible for 
funding under section 330 to an individual, be deemed to 
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