Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 12, 2013)
Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to award grants to eligible institutions of higher education to improve mental and behavioral health services and outreach on college and university campuses.
Directs the Secretary to give special consideration to programs that: (1) demonstrate the greatest need, (2) propose effective approaches for initiating or expanding campus services, (3) target underserved and at-risk populations, (4) coordinate with a community mental health center or other community mental health resources, (5) identify how the college or university will address psychiatric emergencies, and (6) demonstrate the greatest potential for replication and dissemination.
Allows the Secretary to provide technical assistance to grantees.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to convene an interagency, public-private sector working group to plan, establish, and begin coordinating and evaluating a targeted public education campaign that is designed to focus on mental and behavioral health on college campuses.
Requires the Secretary to establish the College Campus Task Force to discuss mental and behavioral health concerns on college and university campuses.
What just happenedApr 23, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 12, 2013
- Apr 23, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Mar 15, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 12, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Mar 12, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Mar 12, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 12, 2013IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House