Mental Health in Schools Excellence Program Act of 2023
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 11, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 11, 2023
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Mental Health in Schools Excellence Program Act of 2023
This bill establishes a program to expand the mental health services workforce in schools. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education to contract with graduate institutions to pay a share of the cost of attendance for graduate students pursuing careers in the school-based mental health profession (e.g., school counseling).
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
24
D
Neguse, Joe
Spanberger, Abigail
D
Kim, Andy
D
Budzinski, Nikki
Phillips, Dean
D
Gonzalez, Vicente
D
Sorensen, Eric
Trone, David
D
Tokuda, Jill N.
D
Tlaib, Rashida
Allred, Colin
D
Thanedar, Shri
D
Goldman, Daniel S.
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Landsman, Greg
D
Harder, Josh
D
Gottheimer, Josh
Jackson, Jeff
D
Pappas, Chris
D
Crow, Jason
D
Davis, Donald G.
Kilmer, Derek
R
Lawler, Michael
D
Golden, Jared F.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3228: Mental Health in Schools Excellence Program Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3228/
"H.R. 3228: Mental Health in Schools Excellence Program Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3228/.
H.R. 3228, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3228/.
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