HR 721 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2021

Introduced Feb 2, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Grace F. Napolitano D-CA

Latest action · May 13, 2021 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 2, 2021
Passed HouseMay 12, 2021
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2021

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 86

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 2, 2021 to May 11, 2021; 62 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-NJ	Albio Sires	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence	Original	Feb 2, 2021
R-FL	Brian J. Mast	Original	Feb 2, 2021
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-MD	David J. Trone	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CT	Jahana Hayes	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CO	Jason Crow	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CA	Jerry McNerney	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Feb 2, 2021
R-NY	John Katko	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CA	Katie Porter	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-PA	Madeleine Dean	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CA	Mike Levin	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CA	Norma J. Torres	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-IL	Sean Casten	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-PA	Susan Wild	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Feb 2, 2021
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Feb 4, 2021
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Feb 4, 2021
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Feb 4, 2021
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Feb 4, 2021
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Feb 11, 2021
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Feb 11, 2021
D-CA	Mark Takano		Feb 11, 2021
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton		Feb 18, 2021
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Feb 18, 2021
D-CA	Josh Harder		Feb 22, 2021
D-IL	Lauren Underwood		Feb 22, 2021
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Feb 22, 2021
D-MN	Angie Craig		Feb 24, 2021
D-NY	Grace Meng		Feb 25, 2021
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Feb 26, 2021
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss		Mar 2, 2021
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Mar 16, 2021
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Mar 16, 2021
D-IN	Frank J. Mrvan		Apr 5, 2021
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Apr 5, 2021
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Apr 12, 2021
D-GA	Nikema Williams		May 11, 2021
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia		May 11, 2021

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 2, 2021
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Feb 3, 2021
Senate	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee	Referred May 13, 2021

Actions 10

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 13, 2021Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 12, 2021Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 380, proceedings on H.R. 721 are considered vacated.
May 12, 2021Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 6 of H. Res. 380, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 297; H.R. 433; H.R. 478; H.R. 586; H.R. 721, as amended; H.R. 768; H.R. 810; H.R. 1205; H.R. 1260, as amended; H.R. 1324; H.R. 1448, as amended; H.R. 1475, as amended; H.R. 1480, as amended; H.R. 2862, as amended; H.R. 2955; and H.R. 2981. (consideration: CR H2235-2246; text: CR H2237)
May 11, 2021Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 11, 2021Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2165-2167; text: CR H2165-2166)

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In the Congressional Record 2

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 H2235Text printed H2237	Steny H. Hoyer D-MD	May 12, 2021
House	Debate and remarks H2165–H2167Text printed H2165	Brett Guthrie R-KY, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ	May 11, 2021

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article, 1, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence 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. 167, no. 19, February 2, 2021, page H280.

Related bills 4

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HRES 380	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2547) to expand and enhance consumer, student, servicemember, and small business protections with respect to debt collection practices, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1065) to eliminate discrimination and promote womens health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition; and for other purposes.	Related bill	May 12, 2021
S 1841	Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2021	Related bill	May 26, 2021
HR 3713	Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2023	Reintroduced Bill	May 26, 2023
S 4486	Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022	Related bill	Jun 23, 2022

Titles 4

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 2021
Short Title(s) as Passed House: Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2021
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text: Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2021

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 13, 2021Referred in Senate
May 12, 2021Engrossed in House
Feb 2, 2021Introduced in House

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