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S. 3006 116th Congress Senate

Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2019

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to improve the identification, assessment, and treatment of patients in the emergency depa… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to improve the identification, assessment, and treatment of patients in the emergency department who are at risk or suicide, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 10, 2019 Introduced by: Lisa Murkowski Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec 10, 2019
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2019

This bill establishes a competitive grant program for up to 40 hospitals with emergency departments and certain on-site professionals to help connect patients in emergency departments who are at risk of suicide with treatment and mental health services. Grants may be used to train emergency department providers and establish certain policies and procedures related to the identification, assessment, and treatment of, and care coordination for, individuals who are at risk of suicide. In awarding the grants, the Department of Health and Human Services may give preference to specified types of hospitals, such as critical access hospitals and hospitals in areas with suicide rates higher than the national average.

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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Dec 10, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3006: Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3006/
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"S. 3006: Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3006/.
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