Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act of 2021
Latest action · Mar 12, 2021 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.
- IntroducedMar 11, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act of 2021
This bill authorizes the award of matching grants to enhance services in secondary schools for students with mental and behavioral health issues that can lead to failure in school, such as depression and substance abuse.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration may award these grants on a competitive basis to state or local educational agencies that serve at least one secondary school.
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 11, 2021 to Jun 17, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Jul 21, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Aug 10, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Aug 10, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Aug 10, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Aug 10, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Aug 13, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Aug 27, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Nov 18, 2021 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Nov 30, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Jan 6, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Jan 6, 2022 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Jan 19, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Feb 8, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Mar 30, 2022 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Mar 31, 2022 | |
| D-HI | Kaiali'i Kahele | Mar 31, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Apr 4, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Apr 6, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Apr 11, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | May 3, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer Wexton | Jun 17, 2022 |
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 Mar 11, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 12, 2021 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 11, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 11, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 11, 2021Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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. 167, no. 46, March 11, 2021, page H1356.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 117-754 | PROTECTING YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH: PART I--AN ADVISORY AND CALL TO ACTION238 pages | Finance Committee | Feb 8, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program to promote comprehensive mental health and suicide prevention efforts in high schools, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 11, 2021Introduced 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.
