# 119-hr-1649: Expanding Student Access to Mental Health Services Act

119-hr-1649, Expanding Student Access to Mental Health Services Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] (R-GA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1649
- Congress: 119
- Title: Expanding Student Access to Mental Health Services Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] (R-GA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## 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. - 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.

## Provisions PRIA read

- More school mental health help for kids: benefit, low. 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…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025
- 119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2345: Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve Establishment Act
- 119-hr-9535: Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-1649 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1649)

## Related
- [119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4317)
- [119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-833)
- [119-hr-2345: Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve Establishment Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2345)
- [119-hr-9535: Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9535)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1649 (as of 2026-04-21).