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119-hr-1649119th CongressWALLET

Expanding Student Access to Mental Health Services Act

Sponsored By: Representative Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12]

Introduced

Summary

Expanded school-based mental health services would broaden what schools could fund under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The bill would let districts use program money for mental health first aid, emergency planning and response teams, agreements with local mental health agencies, and telehealth. It would also require local educational agencies to explain in grant applications how funds will support mental health services and authorize technology spending specifically for those services.

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  • Students and families would see clearer access to supports at school, including mental health first aid training, telehealth visits, and possible school emergency response teams.
  • School districts would have to describe in grant applications how funds will be used for mental health under section 4108 and would be able to fund related technology and telehealth services.
  • Local public, private, and nonprofit mental health agencies would be encouraged to enter formal agreements with schools to improve coordination of services.
  • Technology vendors and districts would gain explicit authority to fund tech that supports mental health and an exception to general limits on technology infrastructure when it is used for mental health services.

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More school mental health help for kids

If enacted, schools could use federal education grants to expand student mental health services. Funds could cover mental health first aid, school emergency planning and response teams, agreements with local health agencies, and telehealth. Districts would need to say in their applications if money would support mental health services. The bill would also let schools buy technology to improve these services and would lift a current infrastructure limit when that tech also supports mental health. These changes would take effect upon enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12]

GA • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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