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for Mental Health and Substance Use, shall award grants 
to qualified national organizations for the purposes of— 
(1) developing, and disseminating to health pro-
fessional educational programs curricula or core 
competencies addressing mental health inequities 
among racial and ethnic minority groups for use in 
the training of students in the professions of social 
work, psychology, psychiatry, marriage and family 
therapy, mental health counseling, peer support, and 
substance abuse counseling; and 
(2) certifying community health workers and 
peer wellness specialists with respect to such cur-
ricula and core competencies and integrating and ex-
panding the use of such workers and specialists into 
health care and community-based settings to address 
mental health disparities among racial and ethnic 
minority groups. 
(b) CURRICULA; CORE COMPETENCIES.—Organiza-
tions receiving funds under subsection (a) may use the 
funds to engage in the following activities related to the 
development and dissemination of curricula or core com-
petencies described in subsection (a)(1): 
(1) Formation of committees or working groups 
comprised of experts from accredited health profes-
sions schools to identify core competencies relating 
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to mental health disparities among racial and ethnic 
minority groups. 
(2) Planning of workshops in national fora to 
allow for public input, including input from commu-
nities of color with lived experience, into the edu-
cational needs associated with mental health dispari-
ties among racial and ethnic minority groups. 
(3) Dissemination and promotion of the use of 
curricula or core competencies in undergraduate and 
graduate health professions training programs na-
tionwide. 
(4) Establishing external stakeholder advisory 
boards to provide meaningful input into policy and 
program development and best practices to reduce 
mental health inequities among racial and ethnic 
groups, including participation from communities of 
color with lived experience of the impacts of mental 
health disparities. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) QUALIFIED NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘qualified national organization’’ means a na-
tional organization that focuses on the education of 
students in programs of social work, occupational 
therapy, psychology, psychiatry, and marriage and 
family therapy. 
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(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)). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2021 through 2025. 
SEC. 708. STUDY ON THE UNINSURED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall— 
(1) conduct a study, in accordance with the 
standards under section 3101 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300kk), on the demographic 
characteristics of the population of individuals who 
do not have health insurance coverage or oral health 
coverage; and 
(2) predict, based on such study, the demo-
graphic characteristics of the population of individ-
uals who would remain without health insurance cov-
erage after the end of any annual open enrollment 
or any special enrollment period or upon enactment 
and implementation of any legislative changes to the 
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 
Law 111–148) that affect the number of persons eli-
gible for coverage. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Congress the results of 
the study under subsection (a)(1) and the prediction 
made under subsection (a)(2). 
(2) REPORTING OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTER-
ISTICS.—The Secretary shall— 
(A) report the demographic characteristics 
under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) 
on the basis of racial and ethnic group, and 
shall stratify the reporting on each racial and 
ethnic group by other demographic characteris-
tics that can impact access to health insurance 
coverage, such as sexual orientation, gender 
identity, primary language, disability status, 
sex, socioeconomic status, age group, and citi-
zenship and immigration status, in a manner 
consistent with title I of this Act, including the 
amendments made by such title; and 
(B) not use such report to engage in or an-
ticipate any deportation or immigration related 
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enforcement action by any entity, including the 
Department of Homeland Security. 
TITLE VIII—AID TO PROVIDERS 
SERVING MINORITY COMMU-
NITIES 
SEC. 801. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN MEDICAID DSH ALLOT-
MENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1923(f)(3) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and sub-
paragraph (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘and subparagraphs 
(E) and (F)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(F) TEMPORARY
INCREASE
IN
ALLOT-
MENTS
DURING
CERTAIN
PUBLIC
HEALTH 
EMERGENCY.—The DSH allotment for any 
State for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021 is 
equal to 102.5 percent of the DSH allotment 
that would be determined under this paragraph 
for the State for each respective fiscal year 
without application of this subparagraph, not-
withstanding subparagraphs (B) and (C). For 
each fiscal year after fiscal year 2021, the DSH 
allotment for a State for such fiscal year is 
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