TREATMENT OF SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.

SEC. 1123. TREATMENT OF SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.(a) Assertive Community Treatment Grant Program.—(1) Technical amendment.—Section 520M(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–44(b)) is amended by striking “Indian tribe or tribal organization” and inserting “Indian Tribe or Tribal organization”. (2) Report to congress.—Section 520M(d)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–44(d)(1)) is amended—(A) by striking “not later than the end of fiscal year 2021” and inserting “not later than the end of fiscal year 2026”; and (B) by striking “appropriate congressional committees” and inserting “Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives”. (3) Authorization of appropriations.—Section 520M(e)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–44(d)(1)) is amended by striking “$5,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2022” and inserting “$9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027”. (b) Assisted Outpatient Treatment.—(1) In general.—Section 224 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa note) is amended—(A) in subsection (a), by striking “4-year pilot”; (B) in subsection (e), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—(i) by striking “each of fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022” and inserting “fiscal year 2023, and biennially thereafter”; and (ii) by striking “appropriate congressional committees” and inserting “Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives”; (C) in subsection (e), by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:“(5) Demographic information regarding participation of those served by the grant compared to demographic information in the population of the grant recipient.” ; and (D) in subsection (g)—(i) in paragraph (1), by striking “2015 through 2022” and inserting “2023 through 2027”; and (ii) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:136 STAT. 5654 “(2) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $22,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.” . (2) GAO report.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report examining the efficacy of assisted outpatient treatment programs that received funding under section 224 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa note) in improving health outcomes and treatment adherence, reducing rates of incarceration, and reducing rates of homelessness. Such report shall include—(A) a comparison of health outcomes, treatment compliance, program participant feedback, reduced rates of incarceration, and reduced rates of homelessness as compared to other evidence- and community-based outpatient treatment programs and services, including information on geographic differences in program efficacy, as applicable; and (B) identification of best practices used, as applicable, in the implementation of assisted outpatient treatment programs to ensure program participants are receiving treatment in the least restrictive environment that is clinically appropriate consistent with Federal and State law, as applicable.