Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act
Summary
Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student-aid programs to share contact information for suicide prevention resources with students. If IHEs distribute student identification cards, then they must include on the cards phone numbers for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line, and a campus mental-health center or program. If IHEs do not create such cards, then they must publish the numbers on their websites.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Senate Passage
May 2021
House Passage
President
Introduced May 12, 2021
Last action May 13, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
0
May 12, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S2469-2470; text: CR S2470)
upper
May 12, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S2469-2470; text: CR S2470)
upper
May 12, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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