Supporting the Mental Health of Educators and Staff Act of 2023
Latest action · Feb 10, 2023 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.
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Supporting the Mental Health of Educators and Staff Act of 2023
This bill establishes grants and requires other activities to improve mental and behavioral health among education professionals and other school staff.
Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must award grants or contracts to educational agencies, institutions of higher education, or consortia of such entities for programs to promote mental health and resiliency among education professionals and other school staff. In addition, HHS may award grants for educator preparation programs and training.
Additionally, HHS must conduct a campaign to (1) encourage education professionals and other school staff to seek support and treatment for mental and behavioral health concerns, and (2) disseminate best practices to prevent suicide and improve mental health and resiliency among education professionals and other school staff.
HHS must also study and develop policy recommendations on
- improving mental and behavioral health among education professionals and other school staff,
- removing barriers to accessing care and treatment, and
- identifying strategies to promote resiliency.
Furthermore, the Government Accountability Office must report on the extent to which relevant federal grant programs address the prevalence and severity of mental health conditions and substance use disorders among education professionals and other school staff.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 2, 2023 to Sep 18, 2024; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Feb 2, 2023 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Original | Feb 2, 2023 |
| R-NY | Marcus J. Molinaro | May 5, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | May 22, 2023 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | May 30, 2023 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | May 30, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Jun 5, 2023 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Jun 5, 2023 | |
| R-OR | Lori Chavez-DeRemer | Jun 7, 2023 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Jun 7, 2023 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Apr 23, 2024 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Apr 23, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Anthony D'Esposito | Jun 7, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Sep 9, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Sep 9, 2024 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Sep 9, 2024 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Sep 9, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Sep 9, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Sep 9, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Sep 9, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Sep 9, 2024 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Sep 9, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Sep 9, 2024 | |
| D-CO | Yadira Caraveo | Sep 9, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Sep 18, 2024 |
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, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 10, 2023 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 2, 2023 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 10, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 2, 2023Introduced in House
- Feb 2, 2023Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. 169, no. 22, February 2, 2023, page H680.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2530 | Supporting the Mental Health of Educators and Staff Act of 2023 | Related bill | Jul 26, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To address behavioral health and well-being among education professionals and other school staff.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Supporting the Mental Health of Educators and Staff Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2023Introduced 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.
