[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2444 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2444

 To establish an interactive online dashboard to improve public access 
    to information about grant funding related to mental health and 
                    substance use disorder programs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 20, 2023

Mrs. Fischer (for herself and Ms. Smith) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish an interactive online dashboard to improve public access 
    to information about grant funding related to mental health and 
                    substance use disorder programs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Achieving Thorough Transparency and 
Accessibility for Information Navigation on Mental Health Act of 2023'' 
or the ``ATTAIN Mental Health Act''.

SEC. 2. INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') 
        shall establish and operate an interactive, internet website-
        based dashboard (referred to in this section as the 
        ``dashboard'') that improves public access to information about 
        Federal grants related to mental health and substance use 
        disorder, including for potential applicants for such grants.
            (2) Design.--The dashboard shall be designed in a manner 
        that complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 
        (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).
            (3) Consultation.--
                    (A) In general.--In establishing the dashboard 
                under paragraph (1), the Secretary may consult with--
                            (i) the Director of the National Institutes 
                        of Health, the Assistant Secretary for Mental 
                        Health and Substance Use, the Director of the 
                        Indian Health Service, the Administrator of the 
                        Health Resources and Services Administration, 
                        the Secretary of Education, the Attorney 
                        General, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
                        Development, the Secretary of Labor, the 
                        Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of 
                        Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
                        and heads of other relevant agencies, as the 
                        Secretary determines appropriate;
                            (ii) Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations 
                        (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-
                        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
                        U.S.C. 5304)); and
                            (iii) relevant entities who may use the 
                        dashboard, including--
                                    (I) elementary or secondary 
                                schools; institutions of higher 
                                education, including historically Black 
                                colleges and universities (as defined 
                                for purposes of section 322 of the 
                                Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                                1061), Tribal colleges or universities 
                                (as defined in section 316(b) of the 
                                Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                                1059c(b)), and other minority-serving 
                                institutions, as such institutions are 
                                described in section 371(a) of the 
                                Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                                1067q); local educational agencies (as 
                                defined in section 8101 of the 
                                Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
                                of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801); State 
                                educational agencies (as defined in 
                                such section 8101); nonprofit 
                                organizations; faith or community-based 
                                organizations; clinical researchers; 
                                mental health and substance use 
                                disorder care providers; mental health 
                                and substance use disorder prevention, 
                                treatment, and recovery programs and 
                                facilities; housing services; municipal 
                                governments; law enforcement agencies; 
                                first responders; drug courts; mental 
                                health courts; veterans treatment 
                                courts; health programs administered 
                                directly by the Indian Health Service; 
                                Tribal health programs; Urban Indian 
                                organizations (as defined in section 4 
                                of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
                                Act (25 U.S.C. 1603); and Native 
                                Hawaiian organizations (as defined in 
                                section 12(5) of the Native Hawaiian 
                                Health Care Improvement Act (42 U.S.C. 
                                11711(5))); and
                                    (II) any other entities that the 
                                Secretary determines are relevant.
                    (B) Topics.--The consultation with stakeholders and 
                entities described in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be 
                with respect to elements of the dashboard, such as 
                search functions, grant data, user-friendly design, and 
                any other elements that the Secretary determines are 
                appropriate for purposes of this subsection.
            (4) Implementation plan.--The Secretary, in consultation 
        with representatives of relevant agencies described in 
        paragraph (3)(A), shall, not later than 180 days after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, publicly issue a plan to launch the 
        dashboard, including opportunities to improve upon existing 
        publicly accessible websites that may be updated by the 
        Secretary to meet the requirements under subsection (c).
    (b) Updates.--The Secretary shall continually maintain the 
dashboard established under subsection (a) to keep all relevant, 
current grant opportunities posted.
    (c) Requirements.--The dashboard established under subsection (a) 
shall, at a minimum, meet the following requirements:
            (1) Provide the following information:
                    (A) The name of each Federal grant program and, if 
                different, the name of each associated State grant 
                program, as available, that is designated for, or which 
                allows an expenditure for, activities for the purposes 
                of mental health or substance use disorder prevention, 
                treatment, recovery, or support.
                    (B) With respect to the current fiscal year, for 
                each program for which subgrants are not available, 
                indicate whether applications for the Federal grant 
                application period is open, closed or awarded, and the 
                opening, closing, and award dates.
                    (C) For each program for which amounts have been 
                awarded to States for the current fiscal year with 
                respect to a block grant described in subsection 
                (d)(2), include, as available, whether the relevant 
                application period for a subgrant remains open, has 
                closed, or been awarded at the State level, and whether 
                there will be a new subgrant competition during the 
                current fiscal year, if such information is available 
                from the applicable State in a manner that allows for 
                integration of such information into the dashboard or 
                for links to such information within the dashboard.
            (2) For purposes of assisting applicants in identifying 
        programs included in the dashboard, include the following 
        information with respect to each program listed:
                    (A) Any associated authorization, report, 
                appropriation, agency program, grant number, or other 
                information that the Secretary determines to be useful 
                in identifying the program.
                    (B) Any subgrant name used by a State, if different 
                than the associated Federal program, if known by the 
                Secretary.
            (3) Allow potential grant applicants to search the 
        dashboard by key categories and location, if applicable, for 
        which grants are available.
            (4) Provide, as appropriate, access or links to the 
        respective program information pages and online applications.
    (d) Acceptance and Integration of State Provided Data.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may determine how to accept 
        and integrate into the dashboard information voluntarily 
        submitted by States that is relevant to the purposes of such 
        dashboard, as described subsection (a)(1).
            (2) Block grants.--In the case of mental health and 
        substance use disorder resources made available through Federal 
        block grants to States and Indian Tribes and Tribal 
        organizations (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), 
        or Federal funding for which a specific recipient is not 
        identified prior to its distribution to a State or Indian Tribe 
        or Tribal organization, the Secretary may establish a method 
        for States and Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to 
        voluntarily identify how Federal grants will be or were 
        distributed, including grant names and internet website links, 
        if different.
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