The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Policy Lab, is accepting applications for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Center of Excellence for Protected Health Information Related to Behavioral Health (CoE-PHIBH) program.
Donor Name: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/07/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $1,000,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The purpose of this program is to establish one Center of Excellence for Protected Health Information Related to Behavioral Health (CoE-PHIBH) to develop and disseminate training, technical assistance (TA), and educational resources for healthcare practitioners, families, individuals, states, and communities on various privacy statutes and regulations as they relate to behavioral health data.
The Center will also address the intersection of these statutes and regulations with other privacy statutes and regulations such as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and state level privacy statutes and regulations. In addition, the Center will provide education and outreach on relevant anti-discrimination statutes and regulations, including Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, applicable Department of Justice guidance (e.g., Americans with Disabilities Act), and Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) requirements that may have implications for behavioral health patient privacy and confidentiality.
Required Activities
These are the activities that the award recipient is expected to implement.
- Provide up-to-date resources and information on privacy statutes and regulations as they relate to mental and substance use disorder data and information. This may be through webinars, 1:1 or small group discussions, conference calls, and development of print and website materials such as issue briefs, infographics, and frequently asked questions documents. These resources must help simplify the statutes and regulations for ease of interpretation and implementation.
- Provide publicly available on-demand virtual training as well as other training approaches on the implementation of privacy statutes and regulations such as webinars and small group or 1:1 technical assistance.
- Provide training material in plain language to help behavioral health and other health care practitioners, patients, families, educators, and others understand the HIPAA and Part 2 regulations and how HHS has interpreted and applied them.
- Provide training aimed specifically at families and the ability of families to appropriately gain information about a family member’s care and treatment.
- Provide specific training and information for individuals receiving care and treatment for mental and substance use conditions such that they easily understand the privacy rules that apply to their care.
- Provide training and materials related to state-level privacy statutes and regulations and policies and professional association and other ethical guidelines as requested.
- Develop materials explaining the intersections of Part 2, HIPAA, FERPA and/or other state and federal privacy statutes and regulations.
- Support underserved populations in understanding privacy statutes and regulations and the intersection with behavioral health treatment.
- Explain how Part 2, HIPAA and other state and federal requirements impact use of telehealth for the care of behavioral health patients.
- Disseminate educational materials on Part 2, HIPAA, and FERPA and state-level privacy requirements to states, tribes, local communities, schools and educators, and health care providers.
- Develop and implement a strategy to ensure all resources are made easily available to the public. States and communities must easily be able to access resources, training, and technical assistance.
- Work collaboratively with SAMHSA and the HHS Office for Civil Rights and other federal and non-federal partners to determine the correct interpretations of privacy statutes and regulations and their application.
- Develop and submit a communication and marketing plan within 120-180 days of the award. In subsequent years, update and submit the plan for approval by the Government Project Officer (GPO) at the beginning of each budget period.
- Provide training materials and resources related to pertinent anti-discrimination statutes and regulations, including Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, applicable Department of Justice guidance (e.g., Americans with Disabilities Act), and Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) requirements that may have implications for behavioral health patient privacy and confidentiality.
Funding Information
Estimated Award Amount: Up to $1,000,000 per year
Project Period
Up to 3 years
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants are States and Territories, including the District of Columbia, political subdivisions of States, Indian tribes, or tribal organizations (as such terms are defined in section 5304 of title 25), health facilities, or programs operated by or in accordance with a contract or award with the Indian Health Service, or other public or private non-profit entities.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
