HR 1109 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

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.

  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
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-CAGilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.OriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-MNIlhan OmarOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-CAJimmy PanettaOriginalFeb 8, 2019
R-NYJohn KatkoOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-NYKathleen M. RiceOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-CAKatie HillOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-CAPete AguilarOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-WARick LarsenOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-CARo KhannaOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-MASeth MoultonOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-FLStephanie N. MurphyOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-NYThomas R. SuozziOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-OHTim RyanOriginalFeb 8, 2019
R-NYTom ReedOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalFeb 8, 2019
D-MIDebbie DingellFeb 13, 2019
D-NYJose E. SerranoFeb 13, 2019
D-WIMark PocanFeb 13, 2019
D-GUMichael F. Q. San NicolasFeb 13, 2019
D-FLVal Butler DemingsFeb 13, 2019
D-TXVicente GonzalezFeb 13, 2019
D-ILBobby L. RushFeb 25, 2019
D-LACedric L. RichmondFeb 25, 2019
D-GADavid ScottFeb 25, 2019
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaFeb 25, 2019
D-CAZoe LofgrenMar 4, 2019
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánMar 6, 2019
D-FLDebbie Mucarsel-PowellMar 7, 2019
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyApr 2, 2019
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsApr 12, 2019
D-CAJosh HarderApr 25, 2019
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonMay 7, 2019
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeMay 7, 2019
D-MAJoseph P. Kennedy IIIMay 9, 2019
D-PAChrissy HoulahanJun 4, 2019
D-MDElijah E. CummingsJun 4, 2019
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthJun 4, 2019
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayJun 4, 2019
D-COJason CrowJun 5, 2019
D-MEJared F. GoldenJun 10, 2019
R-FLBrian J. MastJun 11, 2019
D-NHChris PappasJun 11, 2019
D-NCDavid E. PriceJun 14, 2019
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickJun 18, 2019
D-CAHarley RoudaJun 18, 2019
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonJun 18, 2019
D-NJAndy KimJun 20, 2019
D-NYAntonio DelgadoJun 21, 2019
D-CAKaren BassJun 21, 2019
D-CABrad ShermanJun 25, 2019
D-CAJulia BrownleyJun 26, 2019
D-CAMaxine WatersJun 26, 2019
D-CATed LieuJun 26, 2019
D-MIRashida TlaibJun 27, 2019
D-CTJames A. HimesJul 2, 2019
D-CANorma J. TorresJul 17, 2019
D-OKKendra S. HornJul 24, 2019
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterJul 25, 2019
D-OHMarcy KapturAug 13, 2019
D-MNDean PhillipsAug 20, 2019
D-NVSusie LeeSep 12, 2019
D-ILDaniel LipinskiOct 11, 2019
D-MIElissa SlotkinOct 18, 2019
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOct 21, 2019
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaNov 18, 2019
D-TXJoaquin CastroNov 18, 2019
D-CAJuan VargasNov 18, 2019
D-TXSylvia R. GarciaNov 18, 2019
D-MNAngie CraigNov 19, 2019
D-CAMike LevinDec 3, 2019
D-IACynthia AxneJan 13, 2020
D-MDDavid J. TroneJan 27, 2020
D-NJAlbio SiresFeb 6, 2020
D-CTJahana HayesFeb 13, 2020
D-PASusan WildFeb 13, 2020
D-NVDina TitusFeb 21, 2020
D-MIAndy LevinFeb 25, 2020
D-TNJim CooperFeb 25, 2020
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleFeb 25, 2020
D-PAMadeleine DeanFeb 25, 2020
D-NYEliot L. EngelFeb 26, 2020
D-ILSean CastenMar 2, 2020
D-CABarbara LeeMay 14, 2020
D-NMXochitl Torres SmallMay 14, 2020
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyJun 25, 2020
D-NJJefferson Van DrewJun 25, 2020
D-OHJoyce BeattyJun 25, 2020
D-CAKatie PorterJun 25, 2020
D-NJMikie SherrillJun 25, 2020
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyJun 30, 2020
D-AZTom O'HalleranJul 1, 2020
D-IAAbby FinkenauerSep 14, 2020
D-AZAnn KirkpatrickSep 17, 2020

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)

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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