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6/4/2009--Introduced.Community Mental Health Services Improvement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), to award grants for demonstration projects to provide coordinated and integrated services to individuals with mental illnesses who have co-occurring primary care conditions and chronic diseases through the co-location of primary and specialty care services in community-based mental and behavioral health settings. Requires the Secretary to make funds available for the development or expansion of programs to provide integrated treatment services for individuals with a serious mental illness and a co-occurring substance abuse disorder. Deems certain community mental health centers to be automatically designated as having health professional shortage areas for purposes of the National Health Service Corps. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award matching grants to states, territories, and Indian tribes or tribal organizations for programs to address behavioral and mental health workforce needs of designated mental health professional shortage areas. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of SAMHSA, to award grants for: (1) establishing or expanding accredited behavioral and mental health education programs; and (2) providing tele-mental health services in medically-underserved areas. Requires the Secretary to: (1) implement a plan for ensuring that various components of the National Health Information Infrastructure address the needs of mental health and substance abuse treatment providers; and (2) finance related infrastructure improvements, technical support, personnel training, and ongoing quality improvements.

1244088000 2009-06-04 Sat Nov 14 08:50:04 -0600 2009 introduced 58153 'act':9 'bill':2 'amend':4 'health':7,14 'mental':13 'public':6 'servic':8,15 'respect':11 74171 false official introduced 58153 'act':6 'health':3 'improv':5 'mental':2 'servic':4 'communiti':1 74170 false short action 58153 1244088000 Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0500 2009 197608 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. R000122 1949-11-12 3305 728 Hart Senate Office Building http://reed.senate.gov/contact/contact-share.cfm 202-224-4680 John 'd':4 'ri':5 'sen':1 'jack':8 'john':2,6,9 'reed':3,7,10 M 300081 Reed Jack_Reed F. Sen. John Reed [D, RI] 1109 Jack N00000362 9036 Democrat 202-224-4642 Roman Catholic RI Jack John Reed 2.875 http://reed.senate.gov/ M001153 1957-05-22 6173 709 Hart Senate Office Building http://murkowski.senate.gov/contact.cfm 202-224-5301 Lisa 'r':4 'ak':5 'sen':1 'lisa':2,6,8 'murkowski':3,7,9 F 300075 Murkowski Lisa_Murkowski A. Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK] 2989 N00026050 10576 Republican 202-224-6665 Roman Catholic AK Lisa Murkowski 4.23684210526316 http://murkowski.senate.gov/ senatormurkowski W000802 5095 502 Hart Senate Office Building http://whitehouse.senate.gov/contact/ 202-228-6362 Sheldon 'd':4 'ri':5 'sen':1 'sheldon':2,6,8 'whitehous':3,7,9 M 412247 Whitehouse Sheldon_Whitehouse Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI] 2225 N00027533 9172 Democrat 202-224-2921 RI Sheldon Whitehouse 4.09090909090909 http://whitehouse.senate.gov/ SenatorWhitehouse action 58153 1244088000 Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0500 2009 197608 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. action 58153 1244088000 Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0500 2009 197607 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6201-6202) introduced 58153 1244088000 Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0500 2009 197606