S. 3686 – Anna Westin Legacy Act

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The Anna Westin Legacy Act amends the Public Health Service Act to create a Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders. The Center will provide education, training, and technical assistance to frontline health‑care providers and community professionals so they can screen, intervene briefly, and refer individuals at risk for eating disorders. It targets children, marginalized groups, members of the armed forces, and veterans, and authorizes $5 million annually from 2023‑2027.

Key Provisions

Establishes a Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders within HHS to improve identification, intervention, and treatment in a culturally and linguistically appropriate way.
Requires the Center to provide training and technical assistance to frontline health‑care and community professionals for screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment.
Mandates development of adaptive training models for children, marginalized populations, armed‑forces members, and veterans.
Calls for coordination with CDC, HRSA, electronic health‑record systems, and other federal agencies to disseminate training and integrate protocols.
Authorizes $5 million in appropriations each fiscal year from 2023 through 2027 to fund the Center’s activities.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

February 17, 2022

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

February 17, 2022

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Introduced in SenateIssued February 17, 2022

II

117th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 3686

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 17, 2022

Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. Tillis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Anna Westin Legacy Act.

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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:

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Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders for education and training on eating disorders

(a)

In general

The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary, shall maintain, directly or by grant or contract, the 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.

(b)

Activities

The Center operated pursuant to subsection (a)—

(1)

shall—

(A)

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;

(B)

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;

(C)

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

(D)

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

(2)

may—

(A)

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;

(B)

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

(C)

consult with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on prevention, identification, intervention for, and treatment of eating disorders.

(c)

Authorization of appropriations

To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.

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