CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

J. Correa (D-CA)

Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act

H.R. 3624 · House bill Education

A Democratic bill with 8 Republican cosponsors · See all 43 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the ``Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act'', aims to include suicide prevention resources on student identification cards. Institutions that create and distribute these cards must include phone contact information for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line, and a campus mental health center or program. For institutions that do not distribute identification cards, the required contact information must be published on their website. The Secretary is permitted to designate a different entity if the specified organizations cease to exist. The mandate takes effect one year after the act is enacted.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this?

    The bill benefits young adults by providing critical mental health and suicide prevention resources at educational institutions.

  • Scored +5

    Would students be better off under this?

    The bill is highly beneficial for students by ensuring easy access to mental health crisis resources.

  • Scored +5

    Does this make mental health care easier to get?

    The bill increases mental health access by requiring suicide prevention contact information on student IDs and websites.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.