; and (3) has arrangements in place with other providers of care that can provide a full range of medically-appropriate, evidence-based services for the treatment of acute mental health episodes. (c) Use of funds A qualifying health provider receiving funds under this section shall use such funds to establish, support, or expand programs or projects intended to assist individuals who are treated at the provider’s emergency department for acute mental health episodes and to expeditiously transition such individuals to an appropriate facility or setting for follow-on care. Such use of funds may support the following: (1) Expediting placement in appropriate facilities through activities such as expanded coordination with regional service providers, assessment, peer navigators, bed availability tracking and management, transfer protocol development, networking infrastructure development, and transportation services. (2) Increasing the supply of inpatient psychiatric beds and alternative care settings such as regional emergency psychiatric facilities. (3) Use of alternative approaches to providing psychiatric care in the emergency department setting, including through tele-psychiatric support and other remote psychiatric consultation, implementation of peak period crisis clinics, or creation of psychiatric emergency service units. (4) Use of approaches that include proactive followup such as telephone check-ins, telemedicine, or other technology-based outreach to individuals during the period of transition. (5) Such other activities as the Secretary determines appropriate, consistent with subsection (a). (d) Application A qualifying health provider desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require. At a minimum, the application shall include the following: (1) A description of identified need for acute mental health services in the provider’s service area. (2) A description of the existing efforts of the provider to meet the