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Virtual Peer Support Act of 2021

Introduced: April 30, 2021 Introduced by: Lee, Susie Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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May 3, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 30, 2021
Introduced in House
Apr 30, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Virtual Peer Support Act of 2021

This bill appropriates funding for grants to transition behavioral health peer support services that are provided at no cost to participants from in-person to virtual platforms or to otherwise expand these kinds of virtual services.

Specifically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration must award competitive grants to certain consumer-controlled or consumer-run organizations and tribal communities. Among other eligibility requirements for these grants, entities must have offered certain behavioral health services at no cost to participants before the declaration of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.

What's happening now May 3, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 157 Identical bill Virtual Peer Support Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 10 Republican 2
D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Nov 30, 2021
 D
Davids, Sharice
Kansas · Sep 21, 2021
Axne, Cynthia
· May 11, 2021
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 11, 2021
 D
Levin, Mike
California · May 11, 2021
 D
Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · May 11, 2021
 D
Sherrill, Mikie
New Jersey · May 11, 2021
 D
Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · May 11, 2021
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Apr 30, 2021
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Apr 30, 2021
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Apr 30, 2021
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Apr 30, 2021
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Apr 30, 2021
Kuster, Ann
· Apr 30, 2021
Manning, Kathy
· Apr 30, 2021
Phillips, Dean
· Apr 30, 2021
 D
Stevens, Haley M.
Michigan · Apr 30, 2021
Trone, David
· Apr 30, 2021
UPTON, FRED
· Apr 30, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2929: Virtual Peer Support Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2929/
MLA
"H.R. 2929: Virtual Peer Support Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2929/.
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H.R. 2929, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2929/.
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[H.R. 2929: Virtual Peer Support Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2929/)
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