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HR 1803 117th Congress House

Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act of 2021

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program to promote comprehensive mental health and suicide prevention efforts in high schools, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 24, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Mar 12, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 11, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Mar 11, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 12, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act of 2021

This bill authorizes the award of matching grants to enhance services in secondary schools for students with mental and behavioral health issues that can lead to failure in school, such as depression and substance abuse.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration may award these grants on a competitive basis to state or local educational agencies that serve at least one secondary school.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 33
All 33 Democratic 21 Republican 4
Wexton, Jennifer
· Jun 17, 2022
 D
Stansbury, Melanie A.
New Mexico · Apr 11, 2022
Lowenthal, Alan
· Apr 6, 2022
Yarmuth, John
· Apr 4, 2022
 D
McBath, Lucy
Georgia · Apr 1, 2022
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Mar 31, 2022
Kahele, Kaiali'i
· Mar 31, 2022
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Mar 28, 2022
Cicilline, David
· Mar 28, 2022
MALONEY, CAROLYN
· Mar 28, 2022
Higgins, Brian
· Mar 24, 2022
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 24, 2022
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 24, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 24, 2022
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 24, 2022
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Mar 24, 2022
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Feb 8, 2022
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jan 19, 2022
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Jan 6, 2022
 D
Torres, Ritchie
New York · Jan 6, 2022
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Nov 18, 2021
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Sep 20, 2021
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Sep 20, 2021
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Sep 20, 2021
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Sep 10, 2021
 R
Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Sep 3, 2021
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Aug 27, 2021
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Aug 10, 2021
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Aug 10, 2021
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
· Aug 10, 2021
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Aug 10, 2021
 R
Meuser, Daniel
Pennsylvania · Jul 21, 2021
 D
Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · Mar 11, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1803: Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1803/
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"H.R. 1803: Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1803/.
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