Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2020
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.
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2019
- Passed HouseSep 29, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| R-NY | John Katko | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Katie Hill | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Feb 8, 2019 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Mar 4, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Mar 6, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell | Mar 7, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Apr 2, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Apr 12, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Apr 25, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 7, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | May 7, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | May 9, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Jun 4, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jun 4, 2019 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Jun 4, 2019 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jun 4, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Jun 5, 2019 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Jun 10, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Jun 11, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Jun 11, 2019 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Jun 14, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jun 18, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | Jun 18, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Jun 18, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Jun 20, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Jun 21, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Jun 21, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jun 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jun 26, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jun 26, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jun 26, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Jun 27, 2019 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Jul 2, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Jul 17, 2019 | |
| D-OK | Kendra S. Horn | Jul 24, 2019 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Aug 13, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Aug 20, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Oct 11, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Oct 18, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Nov 18, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Nov 18, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Nov 18, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Nov 18, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Nov 19, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Dec 3, 2019 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Jan 27, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Feb 6, 2020 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Feb 13, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Feb 13, 2020 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Feb 21, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Feb 25, 2020 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Feb 25, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Feb 25, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Feb 25, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Feb 26, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Mar 2, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 14, 2020 | |
| D-NM | Xochitl Torres Small | May 14, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jun 25, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Jun 25, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jun 25, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Jun 25, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Jun 25, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jun 30, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Jul 1, 2020 | |
| D-IA | Abby Finkenauer | Sep 14, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Sep 17, 2020 |
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 Feb 8, 2019Markup Sep 9, 2020Reported Sep 29, 2020 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 9, 2019 | |
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Sep 30, 2020 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Sep 29, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-553.
- Sep 29, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 453.
- Sep 29, 2020Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 29, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5014-5015)
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5014, H5015Text printed H5014 | Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Grace F. Napolitano D-CA, Greg Walden R-OR | Sep 29, 2020 |
| House | Debate and remarks H8950 | Robin L. Kelly D-IL | Nov 18, 2019 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3494 | Grace F. Napolitano D-CA | May 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
- 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
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.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-117 | HIGH ANXIETY AND STRESS: LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH DURING CRISIS290 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jun 30, 2020 |
| Serial No. 116-57 | MEMBER DAY HEARING208 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jul 25, 2019 |
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1122 | Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Apr 10, 2019 |
| S 4819 | Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2020 | Related bill | Oct 20, 2020 |
| HR 5469 | Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act | Related bill | Sep 30, 2020 |
| HR 6637 | Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2020 | Related bill | Jul 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.
- Sep 30, 2020Referred in Senate
- Sep 29, 2020Engrossed in House
- Sep 29, 2020Reported in House
- Feb 8, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.