Bill > S4448

This bill aims to address the issue of suicide and self-harm in the United States. It has two key provisions: 1. Syndromic Surveillance of Self-Harm Behaviors Program: The bill authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to state, local, tribal, and territorial public health departments to expand surveillance of self-harm. The grantees are required to share real-time data on suicides and self-harm with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which will help track and monitor self-harm, inform prevention programming, and support research. 2. Grants to Provide Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention Services: The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program that will provide funding to hospital emergency departments to implement programs and protocols to better prevent suicide attempts among patients after discharge. The grant activities may include screening patients for self-harm and suicide, providing short-term prevention services, and referring patients to long-term care as appropriate. The bill aims to improve the surveillance of self-harm and suicide data, as well as to enhance the provision of prevention services in hospital emergency departments, in order to address the broader issue of suicide prevention in the United States.

Health and Social Services

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