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HR 826 114th Congress House

Examining America's Mental Health Services Act of 2015

Official title: To provide for a study by the Institute of Medicine on gaps in mental health services and how these gaps can increase the risk of violent acts.

Introduced: February 10, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Feb 13, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 10, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 10, 2015
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 Latest action February 13, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Examining America's Mental Health Services Act of 2015

Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine (or, if the Institute declines to enter into such an arrangement, another appropriate entity) to conduct a comprehensive study on gaps in mental health services and how these gaps can increase the risk of violent acts.

Requires the study to include consideration of: (1) gaps in mental health treatment services for adults and children with severe and persistent mental illness, (2) barriers to receiving mental health services that result in high rates of untreated mental illness, and (3) the availability of interventions such as assisted outpatient treatment designed to reach individuals with untreated severe mental illness.

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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 10, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 826: Examining America's Mental Health Services Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-826/
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"H.R. 826: Examining America's Mental Health Services Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-826/.
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H.R. 826, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-826/.
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