Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act
Latest action · Sep 18, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 18, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 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.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 23, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Sep 23, 2008 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Sep 18, 2008 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 18, 2008 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Sep 18, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 18, 2008Introduced in House
- Sep 18, 2008Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
- Sep 18, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3311 | Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act | Identical bill | Jul 23, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Community health services
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health education
- Higher education
- Mental health services
- Psychiatry
- Public-private partnerships
- School health programs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 18, 2008Introduced in House
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