Adult suicide prevention

The Assistant Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities described in paragraph (2) to implement suicide prevention and intervention programs, for adult individuals, that are designed to raise awareness of suicide prevention, establish referral processes, and improve care and outcomes for such individuals who are at risk of suicide. To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall be a community-based primary care or behavioral health care setting, an emergency department, a State mental health agency (or State health agency with mental or behavioral health functions), public health agency, a territory of the United States, or an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization (as the terms “Indian Tribe” and “Tribal organization” are defined in section 5304 of title 25). The grants awarded under paragraph (1) shall be used to implement programs, in accordance with such paragraph, that include one or more of the following components: The Assistant Secretary shall— A grant under this section shall be for a period of not more than 5 years. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.