Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3624 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3624

  To add suicide prevention resources to school identification cards.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 29, 2025

Mr. Correa (for himself, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Peters, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Harder
  of California, Ms. Norton, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Keating, Mr. Jackson of
Illinois, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Craig, and Mr. Goldman
 of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                  Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL

  To add suicide prevention resources to school identification cards.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Mental Health Access for
Students Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDING SUICIDE PREVENTION CONTACT INFORMATION TO SCHOOL
              IDENTIFICATION CARDS.

    (a) In General.--Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(30)(A) In the case of an institution that creates and
        distributes identification cards for students at any time after
        the date of enactment of this paragraph, such institution shall
        include phone contact information on each such card for the
        following organizations:
                    ``(i) 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
                    ``(ii) Crisis Text Line.
                    ``(iii) A campus mental health center or program,
                as determined by the institution.
            ``(B) In the case of an institution that does not create
        and distribute identification cards for students at any time
        after the date of enactment of this paragraph, such institution
        shall publish the suicide prevention contact information
        specified in subparagraph (A) on the website of such
        institution.
            ``(C) If an organization in clause (i) or (ii) of
        subparagraph (A) ceases to exist, the Secretary may designate a
        different entity with a similar purpose to be included on the
        identification card.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect beginning on the day that is 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act.
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