Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act
United States118th CongressHR-2802House of Representatives
Updated: Apr 24, 2023
Summary
Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student-aid programs to share contact information for suicide prevention resources with students. If IHEs distribute student identification cards, then they must include on the cards phone numbers for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line, and a campus mental-health center or program. If IHEs do not create such cards, then they must publish the numbers on their websites.
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Timeline
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S-1236: Improving Mental Health Access for Students ActIntroduced in Senate
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
House of Representatives
Introduced in House
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