Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act

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51 cosponsors · 48 D, 3 R

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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.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jun 11, 2019

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 the IHEs' websites.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act

Latest action (Jun 11, 2019): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Policy area: Education · Origin: House · Introduced: Jun 11, 2019

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.