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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7249
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 28, 2022
Ms. Matsui (for herself, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Deutch, and Mr. Van Drew) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide education and training on eating disorders for health care providers and communities, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Anna Westin Legacy Act of 2022
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Maintaining education and training on eating disorders
Subpart 3 of part B of title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–31 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders for education and training on eating disorders
In general
The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary, shall maintain, by competitive grant or contract, a Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders (referred to in this section as the Center
) to improve the identification of, interventions for, and treatment of eating disorders in a manner that is culturally and linguistically appropriate.
Subgrants and subcontracts
The Center shall coordinate and implement the activities under subsection (c), in whole or in part, by awarding competitive subgrants or subcontracts—
across geographical regions; and
in a manner that is not duplicative.
Activities
The Center—
shall—
provide training and technical assistance for frontline health care providers and frontline community professionals to carry out screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for individuals experiencing, or at risk for, eating disorders;
in carrying out subparagraph (A), develop adaptive training models for frontline health care providers and frontline community professionals to carry out screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for children and marginalized populations experiencing, or at risk for, eating disorders;
provide technical assistance to other centers of excellence, technical assistance centers, and psychiatric consultation lines of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or the Health Resources and Services Administration on eating disorder identification, intervention, and referral for treatment; and
coordinate with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration to disseminate training to frontline health care providers and frontline community professionals; and
may—
coordinate with electronic health record systems for the integration of protocols pertaining to screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for individuals experiencing, or at risk for, eating disorders;
develop adaptive training models for frontline health care providers and frontline community professionals to carry out screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for Members of the Armed Forces and veterans experiencing, or at risk for, eating disorders; and
consult with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on prevention, identification, intervention for, and treatment of eating disorders.
Authorization of appropriations
To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
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