HR 1109 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2020

Introduced Feb 8, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Grace F. Napolitano D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 30, 2020 Received in the Senate and 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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 8, 2019
  2. Passed HouseSep 29, 2020
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2020

This bill provides specific statutory authority for the Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education) State Educational Agency Grant Program that is administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The program supports school-based mental health services, including screening, treatment, and outreach programs.

Cosponsors 135

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2019 to Sep 17, 2020; 57 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-WADenny HeckOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalFeb 8, 2019
Show all 135 cosponsors

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Feb 8, 2019Markup Sep 9, 2020Reported Sep 29, 2020
Health Subcommittee
Referred Feb 9, 2019
SenateHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Referred Sep 30, 2020

Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 30, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  2. Sep 29, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-553.
  3. Sep 29, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 453.
  4. Sep 29, 2020Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  5. Sep 29, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5014-5015)
  6. Sep 29, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1109.
  7. Sep 29, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5014-5015)
  8. Sep 29, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  9. Sep 9, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  10. Sep 9, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  11. Jun 30, 2020Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  12. Feb 9, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  13. Feb 8, 2019Introduced in House
  14. Feb 8, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H5014, H5015Text printed H5014Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Grace F. Napolitano D-CA, Greg Walden R-ORSep 29, 2020
HouseDebate and remarks H8950Robin L. Kelly D-ILNov 18, 2019
HouseDebate and remarks H3494Grace F. Napolitano D-CAMay 8, 2019

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Dec 24, 2020H.R. 1109, Mental Health Services for Students ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 9, 2020

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8: ``The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 25, February 8, 2019, page H1493.

Printed hearings 2

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 116-117HIGH ANXIETY AND STRESS: LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH DURING CRISIS290 pagesEnergy and Commerce CommitteeJun 30, 2020
Serial No. 116-57MEMBER DAY HEARING208 pagesEnergy and Commerce CommitteeJul 25, 2019

Related bills 4

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1122Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2019Identical billApr 10, 2019
S 4819Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2020Related billOct 20, 2020
HR 5469Pursuing Equity in Mental Health ActRelated billSep 30, 2020
HR 6637Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2020Related billJul 9, 2020

Titles 5

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend projects relating to children and to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2019
Short Title(s) as Reported to House
Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2020
Short Title(s) as Passed House
Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2020
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 30, 2020Referred in Senate
  2. Sep 29, 2020Engrossed in House
  3. Sep 29, 2020Reported in House
  4. Feb 8, 2019Introduced in House

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