Anna Westin Legacy Act of 2022

Anna Westin Legacy Act of 2022

This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to maintain the National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders (NCEED). The bill specifies required activities for NCEED, including providing training for frontline health care providers and other professionals.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7249 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7249

    To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide education and 
training on eating disorders for health care providers and communities, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 28, 2022

 Ms. Matsui (for herself, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Deutch, and Mr. Van Drew) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide education and 
training on eating disorders for health care providers and communities, 
                        and for other purposes.

    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 ``Anna Westin Legacy Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. MAINTAINING EDUCATION AND TRAINING ON EATING DISORDERS.

    Subpart 3 of part B of title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 290bb-31 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 520N. CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR EATING DISORDERS FOR EDUCATION 
              AND TRAINING ON EATING DISORDERS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Assistant 
Secretary, shall maintain, by competitive grant or contract, a Center 
of Excellence for Eating Disorders (referred to in this section as the 
`Center') to improve the identification of, interventions for, and 
treatment of eating disorders in a manner that is culturally and 
linguistically appropriate.
    ``(b) Subgrants and Subcontracts.--The Center shall coordinate and 
implement the activities under subsection (c), in whole or in part, by 
awarding competitive subgrants or subcontracts--
            ``(1) across geographical regions; and
            ``(2) in a manner that is not duplicative.
    ``(c) Activities.--The Center--
            ``(1) shall--
                    ``(A) provide training and technical assistance for 
                frontline health care providers and frontline community 
                professionals to carry out screening, brief 
                intervention, and referral to treatment for individuals 
                experiencing, or at risk for, eating disorders;
                    ``(B) in carrying out subparagraph (A), develop 
                adaptive training models for frontline health care 
                providers and frontline community professionals to 
                carry out screening, brief intervention, and referral 
                to treatment for children and marginalized populations 
                experiencing, or at risk for, eating disorders;
                    ``(C) provide technical assistance to other centers 
                of excellence, technical assistance centers, and 
                psychiatric consultation lines of the Substance Abuse 
                and Mental Health Services Administration or the Health 
                Resources and Services Administration on eating 
                disorder identification, intervention, and referral for 
                treatment; and
                    ``(D) coordinate with the Director of the Centers 
                for Disease Control and Prevention and the 
                Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
                Administration to disseminate training to frontline 
                health care providers and frontline community 
                professionals; and
            ``(2) may--
                    ``(A) coordinate with electronic health record 
                systems for the integration of protocols pertaining to 
                screening, brief intervention, and referral to 
                treatment for individuals experiencing, or at risk for, 
                eating disorders;
                    ``(B) develop adaptive training models for 
                frontline health care providers and frontline community 
                professionals to carry out screening, brief 
                intervention, and referral to treatment for Members of 
                the Armed Forces and veterans experiencing, or at risk 
                for, eating disorders; and
                    ``(C) consult with the Secretary of Defense and the 
                Secretary of Veterans Affairs on prevention, 
                identification, intervention for, and treatment of 
                eating disorders.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2023 through 2027.''.
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