Suicide Prevention Act
Latest action · Sep 22, 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.
- IntroducedJan 15, 2020
- Passed HouseSep 21, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Suicide Prevention Act
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish two grant programs to prevent self-harm and suicide.
First, HHS must award grants to state, local, and tribal health departments to expand surveillance of self-harm. In awarding these grants, HHS must prioritize recipients in areas that experience rates of nonfatal suicidal behavior that are above the national average and must take into account other factors such as the unique needs of rural communities. As a condition of receiving this funding, recipients must agree to share data on suicide and self-harm with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Second, HHS must award grants to hospital emergency departments for programs to prevent suicide attempts among patients after discharge, including programs for screening patients for self-harm and suicide and providing short-term preventive services, as appropriate. In addition, HHS must develop standards of practice for such screenings.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 15, 2020 to Sep 15, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Jan 15, 2020 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Jan 27, 2020 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Jul 29, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Sep 15, 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 Jan 15, 2020Markup Jul 15, 2020Reported Sep 18, 2020 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 16, 2020 | |
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Sep 22, 2020 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Sep 21, 2020Mrs. Dingell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 21, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4633-4635)
- Sep 21, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5619.
- Sep 21, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4633-4634)
- Sep 21, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 18, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-520.
- Sep 18, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 420.
- Jul 15, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 15, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jun 30, 2020Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jan 16, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 15, 2020Introduced in House
- Jan 15, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6431, S6432 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY, Ron Johnson R-WI | Oct 24, 2020 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E869 | Anna G. Eshoo D-CA | Sep 22, 2020 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4633–H4635Text printed H4633 | Debbie Dingell D-MI, Greg Gianforte R-MT | Sep 21, 2020 |
| House | Debate and remarks H316 | Chris Stewart R-UT | Jan 16, 2020 |
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
- Oct 2, 2020H.R. 5619, Suicide Prevention ActAs passed by the House of Representatives on September 21, 2020
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 9, January 15, 2020, page H300.
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. 116-117 | HIGH ANXIETY AND STRESS: LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH DURING CRISIS290 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jun 30, 2020 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 14 | Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act | Related bill | Nov 2, 2020 |
| HR 2955 | Suicide Prevention Act | Reintroduced Bill | May 13, 2021 |
| S 3198 | Suicide Prevention Act | Identical bill | Jan 15, 2020 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize a pilot program to expand and intensify surveillance of self-harm in partnership with State and local public health departments, to establish a grant program to provide self-harm and suicide prevention services in hospital emergency departments, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Suicide Prevention Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Suicide Prevention Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Suicide Prevention Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Suicide Prevention Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Congressional oversight
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee hiring
- Health
- Health care coverage and access
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Hospital care
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medical research
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Mental health
- Performance measurement
- Research administration and funding
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2020Referred in Senate
- Sep 21, 2020Engrossed in House
- Sep 18, 2020Reported in House
- Jan 15, 2020Introduced 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.
