Crisis counseling and addiction in disasters

(a) Crisis counseling assistance and training Section 416 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5183) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by inserting, substance use, or alcohol use after private mental health; and (B) by inserting, substance use, and alcohol use after relieve mental health; and (2) in subsection (b) by inserting, substance use, or alcohol use before organization providing. (b) Report on changes to application Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, the Director for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, and State alcohol and drug agencies, shall review, adjust, and report to Congress any changes made to the application for assistance under section 416 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5183) and to any other relevant guidance documents to reflect the amendments made by this section. (c) GAO report to Congress The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review of the assistance provided under the crisis counseling assistance and training program established pursuant to section 416 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5183) and submit to Congress a report describing— (1) the duration of assistance provided to individuals under such program; and (2) the compliance of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency with the requirement that such assistance may only be used for mental health, substance use, and alcohol use problems caused or aggravated by a major disaster or its aftermath. (d) Management costs Section 324(b)(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5165b(b)(2)) is further amended by adding at the end the following: (C) Individual assistance A grantee under section 408(f) may be reimbursed not more than 12 percent of the total award amount under each such section. (D) Crisis counseling assistance, training, and case management services A grantee and subgrantee, cumulatively, may be reimbursed not more than 15 percent of the total amount of the grant award under either section 416 or 426.. (e) Administrative costs Section 408(f)(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174), is amended— (1) by striking (A) Grant to State.— and all that follows through subsection (g), and inserting Subject to subsection (g); and (2) by striking subparagraph (B).