Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act
Latest action · May 20, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
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.
- IntroducedMay 11, 2011
- 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 (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.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 11, 2011 to Nov 15, 2012, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | David Wu | Original | May 11, 2011 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | May 11, 2011 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | May 11, 2011 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | May 12, 2011 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Jun 15, 2011 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Oct 9, 2012 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Nov 15, 2012 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 20, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- May 13, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 11, 2011Introduced in House
- May 11, 2011Referred 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 11, 2011Introduced in House
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