Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act
United States118th CongressS-1236Senate
Updated: Apr 20, 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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HR-2802: Improving Mental Health Access for Students ActReferred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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