Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act of 2021

United States117th CongressS-2157Senate
Updated: Jun 22, 2021

Summary

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.

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HR-1205: Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act of 2021

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

  1. Introduced in Senate

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

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