PROGRAMS OF HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.

SEC. 1304. PROGRAMS OF HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION. Section 1252 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-51) is amended— (1) in the section heading by striking “demonstration”; (2) in subsection (a), by striking “demonstration”; (3) in subsection (b)(3)— (A) in subparagraph (A)(iv), by striking “representing traumatic brain injury survivors” and inserting “representing individuals with traumatic brain injury”; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking “who are survivors of” and inserting “with”; (4) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking “, in cash,”; and (B) in paragraph (2), by amending the paragraph to read as follows: “(2) Determination of amount contributed.—Non-Federal contributions under paragraph (1) may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or services. Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or services assisted or subsidized to any significant extent by the Federal Government, may not be included in determining the amount of such contributions.”; (5) by redesignating subsections (e) through (h) as subsections (g) through (j), respectively; (6) by inserting after subsection (d) the following subsections: “(e) Continuation of Previously Awarded Demonstration Projects.—A State that received a grant under this section prior to the date of the enactment of the Children’s Health Act of 2000 may compete for new project grants under this section after such date of the enactment. “(f) Use of State Grants.— “(1) Community Services and Supports.—A State shall (directly or through awards of contracts to nonprofit private entities) use amounts received under a grant under this section for the following: “(A) To develop, change, or enhance community-based service delivery systems that include timely access to comprehensive appropriate services and supports. Such service and supports— “(i) shall promote full participation by individuals with brain injury and their families in decision making regarding the services and supports; and “(ii) shall be designed for children and other individuals with traumatic brain injury. 114 STAT. 1140 “(B) To focus on outreach to underserved and inappropriately served individuals, such as individuals in institutional settings, individuals with low socioeconomic resources, individuals in rural communities, and individuals in culturally and linguistically diverse communities. “(C) To award contracts to nonprofit entities for consumer or family service access training, consumer support, peer mentoring, and parent to parent programs. “(D) To develop individual and family service coordination or case management systems. “(E) To support other needs identified by the advisory board under subsection (b) for the State involved. “(2) Best practices.— “(A) In general.—State services and supports provided under a grant under this section shall reflect the best practices in the field of traumatic brain injury, shall be in compliance with title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and shall be supported by quality assurance measures as well as state-of-the-art health care and integrated community supports, regardless of the severity of injury. “(B) Demonstration by state agency.—The State agency responsible for administering amounts received under a grant under this section shall demonstrate that it has obtained knowledge and expertise of traumatic brain injury and the unique needs associated with traumatic brain injury. “(3) State capacity building.—A State may use amounts received under a grant under this section to— “(A) educate consumers and families; “(B) train professionals in public and private sector financing (such as third party payers, State agencies, community-based providers, schools, and educators); “(C) develop or improve case management or service coordination systems; “(D) develop best practices in areas such as family or consumer support, return to work, housing or supportive living personal assistance services, assistive technology and devices, behavioral health services, substance abuse services, and traumatic brain injury treatment and rehabilitation; “(E) tailor existing State systems to provide accommodations to the needs of individuals with brain injury (including systems administered by the State departments responsible for health, mental health, labor/employment, education, mental retardation/developmental disorders, transportation, and correctional systems); “(F) improve data sets coordinated across systems and other needs identified by a State plan supported by its advisory council; and “(G) develop capacity within targeted communities.”; (7) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by striking “agencies of the Public Health Service” and inserting “Federal agencies”; (8) in subsection (i) (as redesignated by paragraph (3))— 114 STAT. 1141 (A) in the second sentence, by striking “anoxia due to near drowning.” and inserting “anoxia due to trauma.”; and (B) in the third sentence, by inserting before the period the following: “, after consultation with States and other appropriate public or nonprofit private entities”; and (9) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated), by amending the subsection to read as follows: “(j) Authorization of Appropriations.—For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.”.