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S 682 111th Congress Senate Health Education programs funding Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Higher education Mental health

Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act

Introduced: March 24, 2009 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Mar 24, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3673-3675)
Mar 24, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3672-3673)
Mar 24, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to award grants to eligible institutions of higher education to improve mental and behavioral health services and outreach on college and university campuses.

Directs the Secretary to give special consideration to programs that: (1) demonstrate the greatest need; (2) propose effective approaches for initiating or expanding campus services; (3) target underserved and at-risk populations; (4) coordinate with a community mental health center or other community mental health resources; (5) identify how the college or university will address psychiatric emergencies; and (6) demonstrate the greatest potential for replication and dissemination.

Allows the Secretary to provide technical assistance to grantees.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to convene an interagency, public-private sector working group to plan, establish, and begin coordinating and evaluating a targeted public education campaign that is designed to focus on mental and behavioral health on college campuses.

Requires the Secretary to establish the College Campus Task Force to discuss mental and behavioral health concerns on college and university campuses.

What's happening now March 24, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3673-3675)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 682: Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-682/
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"S. 682: Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-682/.
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