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US HR3192

US HR3192
Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act


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Introduced
06/11/2019
In Committee
06/11/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

To add suicide prevention resources to school identification cards. This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs to share contact information for suicide prevention resources with students. If IHEs distribute student identification cards, then they must include on the cards phone numbers for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line, and a campus mental-health center or program. If IHEs do not create such cards, then they must publish the numbers on the IHEs' websites.

AI Summary

This bill, the Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act, requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs to provide suicide prevention resources to their students. If an IHE distributes student identification cards, they must include the phone numbers for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line, and a campus mental health center or program on the cards. If an IHE does not create such cards, they must publish the contact information on their website. The amendment made by this bill will take effect one year after the date of enactment.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (52)

Lou Correa (D)* Nanette Barragán (D),  Karen Bass (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Tony Cárdenas (D),  Ed Case (D),  Sean Casten (D),  Kathy Castor (D),  Judy Chu (D),  Gil Cisneros (D),  Emanuel Cleaver (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Gerry Connolly (D),  TJ Cox (D),  Susan Davis (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Brian Fitzpatrick (R),  Debra Haaland (D),  Josh Harder (D),  Vicky Hartzler (R),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Katie Hill (D),  Kendra Horn (D),  Steven Horsford (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Marcy Kaptur (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Ann Kuster (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Ben Ray Luján (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Harley Rouda (D),  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),  Tim Ryan (D),  Adam Schiff (D),  José Serrano (D),  Elissa Slotkin (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Chris Stewart (R),  Eric Swalwell (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Juan Vargas (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  John Yarmuth (D), 

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (on 06/11/2019)

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