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S 1854 110th Congress Senate

Stop Senior Suicide Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Social Security Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve elderly suicide early intervention and prevention strategies, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 5, 2007 See on congress.gov
Health Economics and Public FinanceFederal aid to health facilitiesGeriatricsHealth planning
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MedicareMental health servicesPreventive medicinePsychiatrySocial WelfareSuicide
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Jul 23, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9780-9781)
Jul 23, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9779-9780)
Jul 23, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 23, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9780-9781)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stop Senior Suicide Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an Interagency Geriatric Mental Health Planning Council to coordinate and collaborate on the planning for the delivery of mental health services, to include suicide prevention, to older adults.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove provisions that limit payment for the treatment of mental, psychoneurotic, and personality disorders of an individual who is not an inpatient of a hospital at the time such expenses are incurred.

Requires the Secretary to award grants or cooperative agreements to eligible entities to develop strategies for addressing suicide among the elderly.

Revises provisions requiring centers to provide appropriate information, training, and technical assistance on youth suicide to require such information, training, and assistance on suicide among all ages, particularly for groups that are at a high risk for suicide. Authorizes additional appropriations to carry out such changes.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4897 Related bill Stop Senior Suicide Act
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Nov 5, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1854: Stop Senior Suicide Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1854/
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"S. 1854: Stop Senior Suicide Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1854/.
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