119-s1878

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1878 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1878

 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

 May 22, 2025

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 2025'' 
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)
            (iii) 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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