Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act

The "Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act" aims to enhance student access to crucial mental health support by requiring higher education institutions to provide suicide prevention resources. This legislation amends the Higher Education Act of 1965, mandating that institutions issuing ID cards include phone contact information for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline , the Crisis Text Line , and a campus mental health center or program . Institutions that do not create student identification cards must instead publish this essential suicide prevention contact information on their official website. These provisions ensure students have readily available access to support services. The requirements will take effect one year after the Act's enactment.