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
Everywhere this bill has been
9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
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
Plain-English summary
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
Held at the desk.
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