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Introduced
04/16/2015
04/16/2015
In Committee
09/21/2016
09/21/2016
Crossed Over
09/27/2016
09/27/2016
Passed
Dead
01/03/2017
01/03/2017
Introduced Session
114th Congress
Bill Summary
Mental Health First Aid Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend through FY2021 training grants for mental health awareness. The bill makes additional categories of individuals eligible to be trained to identify and respond to individuals with a mental illness. Programs funded by these grants must provide education on: (1) recognizing the signs and symptoms of mental illness, and (2) either the availability of relevant resources or safe de-escalation of crisis situations involving individuals with a mental illness.
AI Summary
This bill, the Mental Health First Aid Act of 2016, amends the Public Health Service Act to extend and revise grants for mental health awareness training programs through fiscal year 2021, making more individuals, including veterans and law enforcement, eligible to receive this training. The programs funded by these grants will educate participants on how to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental illness and will also cover either the availability of community resources for those with mental illness or how to safely de-escalate crisis situations involving individuals experiencing mental health challenges.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (48)
Lynn Jenkins (R)*,
Pete Aguilar (D),
Brad Ashford (D),
Robert Brady (D),
Cheri Bustos (D),
André Carson (D),
Matt Cartwright (D),
David Cicilline (D),
Mike Coffman (R),
Ryan Costello (R),
Kevin Cramer (R),
Rosa DeLauro (D),
Debbie Dingell (D),
Eliot Engel (D),
Anna Eshoo (D),
Elizabeth Esty (D),
Christopher Gibson (R),
Alcee Hastings (D),
Joseph Heck (R),
David Jolly (R),
John Katko (R),
Dan Kildee (D),
Derek Kilmer (D),
Peter King (R),
Ann Kirkpatrick (D),
Ann Kuster (D),
Rick Larsen (D),
Barbara Lee (D),
Daniel Lipinski (D),
David Loebsack (D),
Zoe Lofgren (D),
Alan Lowenthal (D),
Doris Matsui (D),
Patrick Meehan (R),
Grace Napolitano (D),
Richard Nolan (D),
Ed Perlmutter (D),
Chellie Pingree (D),
Jared Polis (D),
David Price (D),
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R),
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),
Adam Schiff (D),
David Scott (D),
Mike Thompson (D),
Peter Visclosky (D),
John Yarmuth (D),
Kevin Yoder (R),
Last Action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (on 09/27/2016)
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