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HR 3063 108th Congress House

Children's Mental Health Screening and Prevention Act of 2003

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Education, and the Attorney General to make 10 grants to demonstration facilities to … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Education, and the Attorney General to make 10 grants to demonstration facilities to implement evidence-based preventive-screening tools to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth at selected facilities.

Introduced: September 10, 2003 Introduced by: DeLauro, Rosa L. Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Oct 6, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Sep 23, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 10, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 10, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 6, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Children's Mental Health Screening and Prevention Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Education, and the Attorney General to jointly make ten three-year demonstration grants to implement evidence-based preventive-screening tools to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth and to refer those youth in need of assessment or treatment.

Makes eligible to receive such a grant, as a demonstration facility, any facility that serves at-risk youth or performs outreach to school-age youth, including any elementary school, secondary school, school-based health center, juvenile justice facility, foster care setting, homeless shelter, youth drop-in center, youth outreach organization, youth residential treatment center, or State or local mental health organization. Requires applicants to form multidisciplinary project implementation committees and to agree to certain information collecting and reporting requirements.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 6
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Dec 8, 2003
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Dec 8, 2003
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Nov 21, 2003
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Oct 16, 2003
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Oct 8, 2003
FROST, MARTIN
· Sep 16, 2003
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 16, 2003
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Sep 10, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3063: Children's Mental Health Screening and Prevention Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3063/
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"H.R. 3063: Children's Mental Health Screening and Prevention Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3063/.
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