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Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act of 2021

Introduced: June 22, 2021 Introduced by: Capito, Shelley Moore Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov
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Jun 22, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 22, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act of 2021

This bill authorizes a grant program for emergency departments to increase access to follow-up psychiatric services for individuals who present for care of acute mental-health episodes. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration may award these grants.

What's happening now June 22, 2021

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1205 Related bill Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act of 2021
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Jun 22, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2157: Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2157/
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"S. 2157: Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2157/.
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S. 2157, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2157/.
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