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HR 2642 118th Congress House Health Child health Elementary and secondary education Employment and training programs Health care coverage and access Health programs administration and funding Mental health Rural conditions and development Teaching, teachers, curricula

PEER Mental Health Act of 2023

Introduced: September 18, 2024 Introduced by: Balint, Becca Democratic · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Apr 17, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Peer Education and Emergency Response for Mental Health Act of 2023 or the PEER Mental Health Act of 2023

This bill establishes grants for school-based programs for training and education focused on childhood and adolescent mental health.

Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must award the grants to elementary or secondary schools or state or local educational agencies. Recipients must use the grants to provide training and educational resources about childhood and adolescent mental health conditions to (1) teachers and other school personnel, (2) students, and (3) parents and caregivers.

HHS must allocate at least 25% of the grants to schools in rural areas.

What's happening now April 17, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3
Molinaro, Marcus
· Sep 18, 2024
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 3, 2024
 D
Salinas, Andrea
Oregon · Jun 26, 2024
Trone, David
· Sep 14, 2023
 D
Crockett, Jasmine
Texas · Jun 6, 2023
Payne, Donald
· Apr 18, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2642: PEER Mental Health Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2642/
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"H.R. 2642: PEER Mental Health Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2642/.
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H.R. 2642, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2642/.
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