Suicide and Threat Assessment Nationally Dedicated to Universal Prevention Act of 2019
Latest action · May 9, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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 8, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Suicide and Threat Assessment Nationally Dedicated to Universal Prevention Act of 2019
This bill requires state and tribal education agencies that receive grant funding for priority mental-health needs to establish and implement (1) evidence-based suicide awareness and prevention training policies, and (2) school threat assessment teams. School threat assessment teams consist of two or more school personnel who are trained to identify, assess, and respond to threats of suicide and interpersonal violence.
Cosponsors 47
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 8, 2019 to Apr 17, 2020; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | May 8, 2019 |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | May 8, 2019 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | May 8, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jun 24, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jun 24, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Jun 24, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Jun 24, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jun 26, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| R-GA | A. Drew Ferguson IV | Jul 16, 2019 | |
| D-UT | Ben McAdams | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Sep 19, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Sep 19, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Sep 25, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Oct 1, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Oct 8, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Oct 11, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Oct 22, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Nov 8, 2019 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Nov 20, 2019 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Dec 6, 2019 | |
| D-OK | Kendra S. Horn | Dec 9, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Dec 12, 2019 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Dec 12, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Dec 16, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Jan 14, 2020 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Feb 11, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 4, 2020 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Apr 17, 2020 |
Committees 1
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 May 8, 2019 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 9, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 9, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 8, 2019Introduced in House
- May 8, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 76, May 8, 2019, page H3502.
Printed hearings 1
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. 116-38 | ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY: PERSPECTIVES ON SCHOOL SECURITY90 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Sep 26, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to require State educational agencies and tribal educational agencies receiving funds under section 520A of such Act to establish and implement a school-based student suicide awareness and prevention training policy and school threat assessment team policy, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Suicide and Threat Assessment Nationally Dedicated to Universal Prevention Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 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.
