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Mental Health in Schools Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise a community children and violence program to assist local communities and schools in applying a public health approach to mental health services, including by: (1) revising eligibility requirements for a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement; and (2) providing for comprehensive school mental health programs that are culturally and linguistically appropriate, trauma-informed, and age appropriate. A comprehensive school mental health program funded under this bill must assist children in dealing with trauma and violence. The bill makes only certain partnerships that include a state educational agency and one or more educational agencies, with a local agency serving as lead partner, eligible for funding. They include public or private entities that use evidence-based intervention. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall develop a fiscally appropriate process for evaluating grant program activities, including the development of: (1) guidelines for the submission of program data by recipients; and (2) outcome measures to be applied by recipients in evaluating programs, including student and family measures and local educational measures.

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Grace Napolitano (D)*,  Pete Aguilar (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Madeleine Bordallo (D),  Robert Brady (D),  Tony Cárdenas (D),  Kathy Castor (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Emanuel Cleaver (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Peter DeFazio (D),  Suzan DelBene (D),  Val Demings (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Debbie Dingell (D),  Anna Eshoo (D),  Bill Foster (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Denny Heck (D),  Brian Higgins (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  John Katko (R),  Robin Kelly (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  James Langevin (D),  Rick Larsen (D),  Brenda Lawrence (D),  Sander Levin (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Ben Ray Luján (D),  Michelle Lujan Grisham (D),  Brian Mast (R),  Doris Matsui (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Patrick Meehan (R),  Gwen Moore (D),  Seth Moulton (D),  Stephanie Murphy (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Beto O'Rourke (D),  Jimmy Panetta (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Kathleen Rice (D),  Cedric Richmond (D),  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),  Dutch Ruppersberger (D),  Tim Ryan (D),  Linda Sánchez (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Adam Schiff (D),  Brad Schneider (D),  David Scott (D),  Louise Slaughter (D),  Jackie Speier (D),  Tom Suozzi (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Paul Tonko (D),  Niki Tsongas (D),  Peter Visclosky (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Peter Welch (D), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 06/16/2017)

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