The CURE bill was signed by President Obama on Dec. 13. Following are Mental Illness provisions
SUBTITLE A— Leadership
Sec.
6001. Assistant Secretary for Mental
Health and Substance Use
Establishes an Assistant
Secretary for Mental Health and Substance
Use (Assistant Secretary) to head the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA).
The
authorities of the existing SAMHSA Administrator are
transferred to the Assistant
Secretary.
Sec.
6002. Strengthening the Leadership of the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
•
Requires
the Assistant Secretary to:
o
Maintain a
system to disseminate research findings and evidence-based practices to service providers to improve
treatment and prevention services and incorporate these findings
into SAMHSA programs;
o
Ensure that
grants are subject to performance
and outcome evaluations and that center
directors consistently document the grant process and conduct ongoing
oversight of grantees;
o
Consult with stakeholders
to improve community-based and other mental health services,
including adults
with a serious mental
illness (SMI), and children
with a serious emotional
disturbance (SED);
o
Collaborate with other federal departments,
including the Departments of
Defense (DOD), Veterans Affairs
(VA), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Labor (DOL) to improve care for veterans and service members, and support
programs to address chronic
homelessness; and
o
Work with stakeholders to improve the recruitment and retention
of mental health and substance use disorder professionals.
