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S. 1642 116th Congress Senate

Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act

Official title: A bill to increase the recruitment and retention of school-based mental health services providers by low-income local educational agencies.

Introduced: May 23, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 23, 2019
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 Latest action May 23, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act

This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to partnerships between educational agencies and graduate institutions to increase the number of school-based mental-health services providers employed by low-income local educational agencies (LEAs).

Grant funds may be used for specified purposes, including to provide student-loan forgiveness and tuition credits and to support recruitment, hiring, and training.

In addition, ED shall establish a program to provide student-loan forgiveness for individuals who (1) are not, and have never been, participants in the grant program established by the bill; and (2) have been employed by low-income LEAs for five or more consecutive school years as mental-health services providers.

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  • HR 2958 Identical bill Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Cortez Masto, Catherine
Nevada · Sep 10, 2019
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Jun 11, 2019
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Jun 3, 2019
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jun 3, 2019
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · May 23, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1642: Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1642/
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