Topic
Mental illness
182
bills on this subject
Filed across 4 Congresses, from the 107th to the 110th, and most in the 108th at 56. A subject is a heading the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, and a bill usually carries several, so these are the bills that touch this subject rather than the bills only about it.
Bills by Congress
107th to 110th
52
bills in the 110th Congress.
Showing 1–30,
newest first.
Every Congress
| Bill | Title | Status | Latest action | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCONRES 134 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be established a Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month to enhance public awareness of mental illness, especially within minority communities. | Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | June 2, 2008 | |
| HCONRES 130 | Supporting the goals and ideals of Mental Health Month, and for other purposes. | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | April 26, 2007 | |
| HCONRES 86 | Expressing the sense of Congress that an appropriate month should be recognized as Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month to enhance public awareness of mental illness, especially within minority communities. | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | March 9, 2007 | |
| HJRES 86 | Recognizing the efforts of the Ohio Department of Mental Health and the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services to address the stigma associated with mental health and substance use disorders. | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1055) | May 23, 2008 | |
| HR 6983 | Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 | Received in the Senate. | September 23, 2008 | |
| HR 6832 | Veterans' Programs Extension and Construction Authorization Act of 2008 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | September 12, 2008 | |
| HR 6572 | Community Assistance Act for Persons with Mental Illness | Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. | July 22, 2008 | |
| HR 6358 | Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | June 26, 2008 | |
| HR 6075 | National Guard and Reserve Mental Health Access Act of 2008 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. | June 23, 2008 | |
| HR 5876 | Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008 | DEBATE - The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Bachmann motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to add an amendment requiring parents or legal guardians to give consent before prescription medication is administered to children. During the course of debate, further proceedings on H.R. 5876 were postponed until a time to be announced. | June 24, 2008 | |
| HR 5865 | To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require a court adjudication before certain veterans may be denied the right to possess a firearm, and for other purposes. | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | April 22, 2008 | |
| HR 5563 | GIVE Act | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 277 - 140 (Roll no. 131). | March 12, 2008 | |
| HR 4232 | Improving the Quality of Mental and Substance Use Health Care Act of 2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | November 15, 2007 | |
| HR 4129 | Homeless Access to Recovery through Treatment Act | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | November 9, 2007 | |
| HR 4107 | Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. | December 5, 2007 | |
| HR 3996 | Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007 | Became Public Law No: 110-166. | December 26, 2007 | |
| HR 3992 | Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | January 24, 2008 | |
| HR 3467 | Second Chance for America's Veterans Act | Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | August 4, 2007 | |
| HR 3411 | Juvenile Crime Reduction Act | Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. | September 19, 2007 | |
| HR 3000 | Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | September 11, 2007 | |
| HR 2857 | GIVE Act | Pursuant to section 2 of H. Res. 1015, the Chair announced that further proceedings on H.R. 2857 would be postponed. | March 6, 2008 | |
| HR 2640 | NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 | Became Public Law No: 110-180. | January 8, 2008 | |
| HR 2636 | To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the amount of minimum allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness program. | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | June 7, 2007 | |
| HR 2220 | Mental Health Security for America's Families in Education Act of 2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. | July 17, 2007 | |
| HR 1853 | Jose Medina Veterans Affairs Police Training Act of 2007 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | June 14, 2007 | |
| HR 1663 | Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | April 3, 2007 | |
| HR 1457 | Post-Abortion Depression Research and Care Act of 2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | March 12, 2007 | |
| HR 1424 | A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes. | Became Public Law No: 110-343. | October 3, 2008 | |
| HR 1367 | Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | June 5, 2007 | |
| HR 1247 | 9/11 Comprehensive Health Benefits Act of 2007 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | March 14, 2007 |
Subjects are the headings the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, not labels written here, so the wording is theirs. Bills are listed newest first by their latest action. A bill carries several subjects, so it appears under each of them. Records come from Congress.gov.