42 U.S.C. § 300y — Data infrastructure development

(a) In general — The Secretary may make grants to, and enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, States to develop and operate systems that collect, analyze, and report mental health or substance use data, covering performance measures like capacity, process, and outcomes. (b) Projects — The Secretary must set criteria to make sure this help is available both to States that already have a fundamental basis for collecting, analyzing, and reporting this data, and to States that do not have that basis yet. The Secretary decides which States have that fundamental basis. (c) Condition of receipt of funds — To get this award, a State must agree to collect, analyze, and report to the Secretary, within 2 years of the award, on a core set of performance measures that the Secretary determines together with the States. (d) Matching requirement (1) In general — The Secretary can only make an award to a State under subsection (a) if the applicant agrees to contribute non-federal money — directly or through donations from public or private entities — equal to at least 50% of the program's costs. (2) Determination of amount contributed — This non-federal contribution can be cash or "in kind" (fairly valued things like plant, equipment, or services). But amounts that came from the federal government, or services significantly assisted or subsidized by the federal government, cannot count toward this contribution. (e) Duration of support — A project funded under subsection (a) can receive payments for at least 3 years but not more than 5 years. (f) Authorization of appropriation (1) In general — Congress could appropriate whatever sums were necessary to carry out this section, for each of fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003. (2) Allocation — Of the money appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, 50% had to go to mental health data infrastructure development, and 50% had to go to substance use data infrastructure development.