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Mental Health Access and Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2021

Introduced: January 4, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Mar 1, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb 2, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 4, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 4, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Mental Health Access and Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2021

This bill authorizes FY2022 appropriations for the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Social Security Administration to (1) increase access to mental health care treatment and services, and (2) promote reporting of mental health information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

What's happening now March 1, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 23, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 137: Mental Health Access and Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-137/
MLA
"H.R. 137: Mental Health Access and Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-137/.
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H.R. 137, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-137/.
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[H.R. 137: Mental Health Access and Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-137/)
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