Bill > HR8141

This bill, the Strengthening Mental Health Supports for BIPOC Communities Act, amends the Public Health Service Act to require states and other jurisdictions that receive certain block grants for community mental health services and substance abuse prevention and treatment to report on the services and outreach they provide to members of racial and ethnic minority groups. Specifically, the bill requires states to report on the extent to which they provide mental health services to adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance who are members of historically racial and ethnic minority groups, as well as the outcomes experienced by these individuals. The bill also requires states to report on their outreach efforts to hire mental health providers from historically racial and ethnic minority groups, and their efforts to provide training on culturally effective and linguistically competent services.