S 2035
113th Congress
Senate
Health
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Mental health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Neurological disorders
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Rural conditions and development
SPRINT Act
Introduced: February 24, 2014
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 24, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 24, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Suicide Prevention Research INnovaTion Act or the SPRINT Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the National Institute of Mental Health to use funds made available by this Act exclusively for the purpose of conducting and supporting: (1) research on the determinants of self-directed and other violence in mental illness, including studies designed to reduce the risk of self-harm, suicide, and interpersonal violence, especially in rural communities with a shortage of mental health services; and (2) brain research through the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1