Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act
Latest action · May 23, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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 23, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to partnerships between educational agencies and graduate institutions to increase the number of school-based mental-health services providers employed by low-income local educational agencies (LEAs).
Grant funds may be used for specified purposes, including to provide student-loan forgiveness and tuition credits and to support recruitment, hiring, and training.
In addition, ED shall establish a program to provide student-loan forgiveness for individuals who: (1) are not, and have never been, participants in the grant program established by the bill; and (2) have been employed by low-income LEAs for five or more consecutive school years as mental-health services providers.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 23, 2018 to Sep 25, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | May 23, 2018 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Jun 5, 2018 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Sep 4, 2018 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Sep 24, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Sep 25, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred May 23, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 23, 2018Introduced in Senate
- May 23, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5932 | Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act | Identical bill | Oct 19, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to increase the recruitment and retention of school-based mental health services providers by low-income local educational agencies.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Adoption and foster care
- Child health
- Congressional oversight
- Disability and paralysis
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Educational guidance
- Elementary and secondary education
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care coverage and access
- Higher education
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Juvenile crime and gang violence
- Mental health
- Military personnel and dependents
- Performance measurement
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Student aid and college costs
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 23, 2018Introduced in Senate
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