therapy, mental health counseling, and substance mis-
use counseling. 
(2) RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUP.—The 
term ‘‘racial and ethnic minority group’’ has the 
meaning given to such term in section 1707(g) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–6(g)). 
SEC. 104. RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY BEHAVIORAL AND 
MENTAL 
HEALTH 
OUTREACH 
AND 
EDU-
CATION STRATEGY. 
Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 290dd et seq.), as amended by section 101, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 555. BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OUTREACH 
AND EDUCATION STRATEGY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, in consulta-
tion with advocacy and behavioral and mental health orga-
nizations serving racial and ethnic minority groups, de-
velop and implement an outreach and education strategy 
to promote behavioral and mental health and reduce stigma 
associated with mental health conditions and substance 
abuse among racial and ethnic minority groups. Such strat-
egy shall— 
‘‘(1) be designed to— 
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‘‘(A) meet the diverse cultural and language 
needs of the various racial and ethnic minority 
groups; and 
‘‘(B) be developmentally and age-appro-
priate; 
‘‘(2) increase awareness of symptoms of mental 
illnesses common among such groups, taking into ac-
count differences within at-risk subgroups; 
‘‘(3) provide information on evidence-based, cul-
turally and linguistically appropriate and adapted 
interventions and treatments; 
‘‘(4) ensure full participation of, and engage, 
both consumers and community members in the devel-
opment and implementation of materials; and 
‘‘(5) seek to broaden the perspective among both 
individuals in these groups and stakeholders serving 
these groups to use a comprehensive public health ap-
proach to promoting behavioral health that addresses 
a holistic view of health by focusing on the intersec-
tion between behavioral and physical health. 
‘‘(b) REPORTS.—Beginning not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this section and annually there-
after, the Secretary shall submit to Congress, and make pub-
licly available, a report on the extent to which the strategy 
developed and implemented under subsection (a) increased 
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behavioral and mental health outcomes associated with 
mental health conditions and substance abuse among racial 
and ethnic minority groups. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘racial 
and ethnic minority group’ has the meaning given to that 
term in section 1707(g). 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.’’. 
SEC. 105. ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTES 
OF HEALTH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
authorized to be appropriated to the National Institutes of 
Health, there is authorized to be appropriated to such Insti-
tutes $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 
2025 to build relations with communities and conduct or 
support clinical research, including clinical research on ra-
cial or ethnic disparities in physical and mental health. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘clinical re-
search’’ has the meaning given to such term in section 409 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284d). 
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SEC. 106. ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE 
ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARI-
TIES. 
In addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be ap-
propriated to the National Institute on Minority Health 
and Health Disparities, there is authorized to be appro-
priated to such Institute $650,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2021 through 2025. 
TITLE II—OTHER PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. REAUTHORIZATION OF MINORITY FELLOWSHIP 
PROGRAM. 
Section 597(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 297ll(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘$12,669,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022’’ and inserting 
‘‘$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025’’. 
SEC. 202. STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF SMARTPHONE AND 
SOCIAL MEDIA USE ON ADOLESCENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall conduct or support research on— 
(1) smartphone and social media use by adoles-
cents; and 
(2) the effects of such use on— 
(A) emotional, behavioral, and physical 
health and development; and 
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(B) disparities in minority and under-
served populations. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Congress, and make publicly available, a report on the 
findings of research described in this section. 
SEC. 203. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 
Title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
290aa et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the second section 550 (42 
U.S.C. 290ee–10) (relating to Sobriety Treatment 
And Recovery Teams) as section 553; and 
(2) by moving such section, as so redesignated, 
so as to appear after section 552 (42 U.S.C. 290ee– 
7). 
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