H.R. 8978
119th Congress
House
Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to promote comprehensive campus mental health and suicide prevention plans, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 21, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
May 21, 2026
Introduced in House
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What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
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Lobbying activity
7
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
- NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
- NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
- AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN
- ACTIVE POLICY SOLUTIONS, LLC
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Education, Dept of
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
- Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8978: Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8978/
"H.R. 8978: Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8978/.
H.R. 8978, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8978/.
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