Community Mental Wellness Worker Training Act
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Overview
This bill, the Community Mental Wellness Worker Training Act, aims to establish a grant program to train community mental wellness workers. It authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award funds to eligible organizations to develop and implement training programs that focus on screening for mental health conditions, delivering culturally competent counseling, and providing safety planning. The program prioritizes areas with high poverty, unemployment, substance use, or dually eligible Medicare/Medicaid populations, and includes provisions for technical assistance and reporting on program outcomes.
Key provisions
- Authorizes grants to eligible entities for community mental wellness worker training programs.
- Training programs must include screening for mental health conditions, culturally competent counseling, and safety planning.
- Provides funding for digital platforms to support training and delivery.
- Offers technical assistance to grant recipients on best practices for employing community wellness workers.
- Prioritizes grant funding to areas with high needs (poverty, unemployment, substance use, dually eligible populations).
- Establishes a definition for ‘community mental wellness worker’ and ‘culturally and linguistically competent’ services.
- Defines eligible entities for grant funding (community behavioral health clinics, mental health centers, hospitals, and other specified organizations).
- Includes provisions for malpractice and negligence suits related to grant-funded programs.
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