US Congress House Bill 5996 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on June 21 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-09-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Mental Health First Aid Higher Education Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to carry out a demonstration program awarding grants to 10 institutions of higher education (IHEs) to implement a mental health first aid training program. Directs that training toward: (1) on-campus counseling center personnel; (2) dormitory resident advisers; (3) members of threat assessment and disciplinary committees; (4) faculty members; (5) coaches and other athletic department employees; (6) members of threat assessment teams; and (7) other administrators and personnel of the IHE, as determined appropriate by the Secretary. Requires that the program be designed to train those individuals to: (1) safely ameliorate crisis situations, (2) recognize the signs and symptoms of mental illness, and (3) refer students to mental health services in the early stages of developing mental disorders so they can avoid more costly behavioral health care down the road and stay enrolled in school.

Mental Health First Aid Higher Education Act of 2012

Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]	Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-09-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2012-06-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2012-06-21	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2012-06-21	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2012-06-21	House	Referred 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.

SB3325 (Same As) 2012-06-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/5996/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr5996/BILLS-112hr5996ih.pdf