ATTAIN Mental Health Act
Bill: S.662 | Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb (R-NE)
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Achieving Thorough Transparency and Accessibility for Information Navigation on Mental Health Act of 2021 or the ATTAIN Mental Health Act
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a public-facing, online dashboard to publicize federally funded mental health grants.
The dashboard must contain, for example, program names and opening and closing dates for applications. In addition, HHS must establish a process to include information voluntarily provided by states about their federally supported mental health grants on the dashboard.
In developing the dashboard, HHS must consult with appropriate federal departments and agencies and other stakeholders.

To establish an interactive online dashboard to allow the public to 
 review information for Federal grant funding related to mental health 
                               programs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Achieving Thorough Transparency and 
Accessibility for Information Navigation on Mental Health Act of 2021'' 
or the ``ATTAIN Mental Health Act''.

SEC. 2. INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') 
        shall establish and operate an interactive, internet website-
        based dashboard (referred to in this section as the 
        ``dashboard'') that publicizes federally funded mental health 
        related grants, for the purpose of enabling potential 
        applicants for such grants, including applicants who would be 
        eligible for a subgrant under such a program, to review such 
        grants.
            (2) Design.--The public-facing, internet website-based 
        dashboard shall be designed in a user-friendly, publicly 
        accessible manner that complies with the Americans with 
        Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), and helps 
        entities identify mental health related grants for which 
        applicants may be eligible, to facilitate funding opportunity 
        communication and engagement.
            (3) Consultation.--In establishing the dashboard under 
        paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with--
                    (A) the Director of the National Institutes of 
                Health, the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and 
                Substance Use, the Director of the Indian Health 
                Service, the Administrator of the Health Resources and 
                Services Administration, the Secretary of Education, 
                the Attorney General, the Secretary of Housing and 
                Urban Development, the Secretary of Labor, the 
                Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of 
                Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and heads 
                of other relevant agencies, as appropriate; and
                    (B) relevant stakeholders who are the intended 
                users of the dashboard, including elementary or 
                secondary schools, institutions of higher education, 
                including historically Black colleges and universities, 
                tribal colleges or universities, and other minority-
                serving institutions, as such institutions are 
                described in section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act 
                of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q), local educational agencies, 
                State educational agencies, nonprofit organizations, 
                tribal organizations, faith or community-based 
                organizations, clinical researchers, mental health 
                treatment facilities, mental and behavioral health 
                providers, substance use disorder treatment providers, 
                housing services, municipal governments, law 
                enforcement agencies, first responders, drug courts, 
                mental health courts, and veterans treatment courts, 
                and which consultation shall be with respect to 
                elements of the dashboard, such as search terms, links, 
                and user-friendly format.
            (4) Implementation plan.--The Secretary, in consultation 
        with representatives of relevant agencies, including 
        representatives appointed by the heads of agencies described in 
        paragraph (3)(A), shall, not later than 120 days after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, issue a plan to launch the dashboard 
        not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Updates.--The Secretary shall continually maintain the 
dashboard established under subsection (a) to keep all relevant, 
current grant opportunities posted.
    (c) Requirements.--The dashboard established under subsection (a) 
shall have an easy-to-use interface, and shall, at a minimum, meet the 
following requirements:
            (1) Provide the following information:
                    (A) The name of each Federal grant program and, if 
                different, the name of each associated State grant 
                program, as available, that is designated for the 
                purposes of mental health support, treatment, or 
                assistance, or under which mental health support is an 
                acceptable expenditure of grant funds.
                    (B) With respect to the current fiscal year, for 
                each program for which subgrants are not available, 
                indicate whether applications for the Federal grant 
                application period is open or closed, and the opening 
                and closing dates.
                    (C) For each program for which amounts have been 
                awarded to States for the current fiscal year with 
                respect to a block grant described in subsection 
                (d)(2), include whether the relevant application period 
                for a subgrant remains open at the State level, and 
                whether there will be a new subgrant competition during 
                the current fiscal year, if such information is 
                available from the applicable State.
            (2) For purposes of assisting users in identifying programs 
        included in the dashboard, including the following information 
        with respect to each program listed:
                    (A) Any associated authorization, report, 
                appropriation, agency program, grant number, or other 
                information useful in identifying the program.
                    (B) Any subgrant name used by a State with respect 
                to a Federal grant program known by the Secretary.
            (3) Allow potential grant applicants to search the 
        dashboard by key categories and location, if applicable, for 
        which grants are available.
            (4) Provide, as appropriate, access or links to the 
        respective program information pages and online applications.
    (d) Acceptance and Integration of State Provided Data.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall accept and integrate 
        into the dashboard information voluntarily submitted by States 
        that is relevant to the purposes of such dashboard, as 
        described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a).
            (2) Block grants.--In the case of mental health resources 
        made available through Federal block grants to States, or 
        Federal funding for which a specific recipient is not 
        identified prior to its distribution to a State, the Secretary 
        shall establish a method for States to voluntarily identify 
        where Federal grants were distributed for the purpose of 
        enabling prospective applicants to recognize the program name 
        for the funding that is used at the State level and any 
        relevant direct website link to apply for the funding at the 
        State level.
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