S. 1945 · 114th Congress
Mental Health Reform Act of 2015
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This bill creates the position of Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders to oversee the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Mental health programs are extended and training regarding mental health is expanded.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Aug 5, 2015
Mental Health Reform Act of 2015
This bill creates the position of Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders to oversee the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Mental health programs are extended and training regarding mental health is expanded.
SAMHSA must establish the National Mental Health Policy Laboratory and the Interagency Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee.
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institute of Mental Health to translate evidence-based interventions and the best available science into systems of care.
The Health Resources and Services Administration must support the creation and expansion of child psychiatry access programs.
Certain mental health care professional volunteers are provided liability protection.
Pediatric mental health subspecialists are eligible for National Health Service Corps programs.
An underserved population of children or a site for training in child psychiatry can be designated as a health professional shortage area.
SAMHSA must award primary care and behavioral health care integration grants to state entities to fund improvements in settings with integrated care.
The Department of Health and Human Services must develop a model program and materials for training health care providers regarding the disclosure of the protected health information of patients with a mental illness.
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to conditionally expand coverage of mental health services.Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Mental Health Reform Act of 2015
Latest action (Aug 5, 2015): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Aug 5, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.