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This bill, the Suicide Prevention Assistance Act, aims to establish a grant program within the Public Health Service Act to provide self-harm and suicide prevention services in primary care offices. The bill would allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants of up to $500,000 to primary care offices to hire clinical social workers who would screen patients for self-harm and suicide, provide short-term prevention services, and refer patients to long-term care as needed. The bill limits the number of grants to 10 nationally, with only one grant per primary care office and one per state. Primary care offices receiving grants would be required to submit quarterly reports to the Secretary evaluating their activities, and the Secretary would be required to submit biennial reports to Congress and HHS subcomponents on the grant program.