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S 1782 116th Congress Senate Education Emergency communications systems Health promotion and preventive care Higher education Mental health

Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act

Introduced: June 11, 2019 Introduced by: Kennedy, John Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 18, 2020
Held at the desk.
Dec 18, 2020
Received in the House.
Dec 18, 2020
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 17, 2020
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S7580-7581)
Dec 17, 2020
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Dec 17, 2020
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7580-7581)
Dec 17, 2020
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 11, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 11, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act

This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student-aid programs to share contact information for suicide prevention resources with students.

If IHEs distribute student identification cards, then they must include on the cards phone numbers for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line, and a campus mental-health center or program.

If IHEs do not create such cards, then they must publish the numbers on their websites.

What's happening now December 18, 2020

Held at the desk.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3192 Identical bill Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
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Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Oct 31, 2019
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Sep 25, 2019
 D
Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Aug 1, 2019
 R
Cornyn, John
Texas · Jul 31, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1782: Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1782/
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