S.Amdt. 2983

SA 2983. Mr. REID (for Mr. Byrd) submitted an amendment intended to
be proposed to amendment SA 2786 proposed by Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr.
Baucus, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Harkin) to the bill H.R. 3590, to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers
credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other
Federal employees, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

On page 1265, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:

SEC. 4307. SCREENING, BRIEF INTERVENTION, REFERRAL, AND
TREATMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
DISORDERS.

Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 290dd et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:

``SEC. 544. SCREENING, BRIEF INTERVENTION, REFERRAL, AND
TREATMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
DISORDERS.

``(a) Program.--The Secretary, acting through the
Administrator, shall establish a program (consisting of
awarding grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements under
subsection (b)) on mental health and substance abuse
screening, brief intervention, referral, and recovery
services for individuals in primary health care settings.
``(b) Use of Funds.--The Secretary may award grants to, or
enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with,
entities--
``(1) to provide mental health and substance abuse
screening, brief interventions, referral, and recovery
services;
``(2) to coordinate such services with primary health care
services in the same program and setting;
``(3) to develop a network of facilities to which patients
may be referred if needed;
``(4) to purchase needed screening and other tools that
are--
``(A) necessary for providing such services; and
``(B) supported by evidence-based research; and
``(5) to maintain communication with appropriate State
mental health and substance abuse agencies.
``(c) Eligibility.--To be eligible for a grant, contract,
or cooperative agreement under this section, an entity shall
be a public or private nonprofit entity that--
``(1) provides primary health services;
``(2) seeks to integrate mental health and substance abuse
services into its service system;
``(3) has developed a working relationship with providers
of mental health and substance abuse services;
``(4) demonstrates a need for the inclusion of mental
health and substance abuse services in its service system;
and
``(5) agrees--
``(A) to prepare and submit to the Secretary at the end of
the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement period an
evaluation of all activities funded through the grant,
contract, or cooperative agreement; and
``(B) to use such performance measures as may be stipulated
by the Secretary for purposes of such evaluation.
``(d) Preference.--In awarding grants, contracts, and
cooperative agreements under this section, the Secretary
shall give preference to entities that--
``(1) provide services in rural or underserved areas of the
United States;
``(2) provide services to entities in States that have high
percentages of populations with substance abuse or mental
health problems; or
``(3) provide services in school-based health clinics or on
university and college campuses.
``(e) Duration.--The period of a grant, contract, or
cooperative agreement under this section may not exceed 5
years.
``(f) Report.--Not later than 4 years after the first
appropriation of funds to carry out this section, the
Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress on the
program under this section--
``(1) that includes an evaluation of the benefits of
integrating mental health and substance abuse care within
primary health care; and

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``(2) focusing on the performance measures stipulated by
the Secretary under subsection (c)(5).
``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--
``(1) In general.--To carry out this section, there are
authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year
2011 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal
years 2012 through 2015.
``(2) Program management.--Of the funds appropriated to
carry out this section for a fiscal 5 year, the Secretary may
use not more than 5 percent to manage the program under this
section.''.
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