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Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2021

Introduced: February 25, 2021 Introduced by: Bilirakis, Gus M. Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 13, 2021
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 12, 2021
Pursuant to section 6 of H. Res. 380, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 297; H.R. 433; H.R. 478; H.R. 586; H.R. 721, as amended; H.R. 768; H.R. 810; H.R. 1205; H.R. 1260, as amended; H.R. 1324; H.R. 1448, as amended; H.R. 1475, as amended; H.R. 1480, as amended; H.R. 2862, as amended; H.R. 2955; and H.R. 2981. (consideration: CR H2235-2246; text: CR H2239-2240)
May 12, 2021
Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 6 of H. Res. 380, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 297; H.R. 433; H.R. 478; H.R. 586; H.R. 721, as amended; H.R. 768; H.R. 810; H.R. 1205; H.R. 1260, as amended; H.R. 1324; H.R. 1448, as amended; H.R. 1475, as amended; H.R. 1480, as amended; H.R. 2862, as amended; H.R. 2955; and H.R. 2981.(consideration: CR H2235-2246; text: CR H2239-2240)
May 12, 2021
Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 380, proceedings on H.R. 1324 are considered vacated.
May 11, 2021
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
May 11, 2021
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1324.
May 11, 2021
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2171-2172; text: CR H2171)
May 11, 2021
Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Feb 26, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 25, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 25, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to hospitals to improve their capacity to identify patients in emergency departments who are at risk of suicide and connect those patients with mental health treatments and services.

What's happening now May 13, 2021

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

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 467 Identical bill Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2021
  • HRES 380 Related bill Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2547) to expand and enhance consumer, student, servicemember, and small b…
 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · May 11, 2021
Burgess, Michael
· Apr 26, 2021
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Feb 25, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1324: Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1324/
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