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119-hr-2044119th CongressWALLET

Suicide Prevention Assistance Act

Sponsored By: Representative DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]

Introduced

Summary

Integrating short-term suicide prevention into primary care. This bill would create a grant program to put screening, brief intervention, and referral services for self-harm and suicide risk inside primary care offices.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Suicide prevention help at your doctors office

HHS would fund up to 10 grants for primary care offices, up to $500,000 each for 2 years. Only one office per state could get a grant, and each office could get only one. If your doctors office gets a grant, doctors would screen for self-harm using federal standards set within 180 days. The office would hire clinical social workers to give short-term help and refer you for longer care. Offices would report each quarter on screenings, services, and referrals, and HHS would report to Congress in 2 years and then every 2 years.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]

CA • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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