117 HR 7249 IH: Anna Westin Legacy Act of 2022 U.S. House of Representatives 2022-03-28 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I117th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 7249IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMarch 28, 2022Ms. Matsui (for herself, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Deutch, and Mr. Van Drew) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo 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 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:

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

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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.(b)

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—(1)across geographical regions; and(2)in a manner that is not duplicative.(c)

Activities

The Center—(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.(d)

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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