US HB1368 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 138-1)
Status: Introduced on February 25 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-04-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 25 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-04-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States and political subdivisions of States to hire, employ, train, and dispatch mental health professionals to respond in lieu of law enforcement officers in emergencies involving one or more persons with a mental illness or an intellectual or developmental disability, and for other purposes.
Title
Mental Health Justice Act of 2021
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-28 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| 2021-03-03 | House | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1021) |
| 2021-02-26 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2021-02-25 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. |
| 2021-02-25 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB515 (Related) 2021-03-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB7254 (Related) 2022-11-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
HB8542 (Related) 2022-09-27 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HR1377 (Similar To) 2022-09-22 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HB7254 (Related) 2022-11-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
HB8542 (Related) 2022-09-27 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HR1377 (Similar To) 2022-09-22 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1368/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr1368/BILLS-117hr1368ih.pdf |
