To support the behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in the school-based behavioral health workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To support the behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in the school-based behavioral health workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Criminal Justice, Civil Rights.
Who Benefits and How
schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H2A3158DFF675467FAE5E66D478ED031E: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mental Health Matters Act.
- Section H0FD4C431CBE8428EB7A9E86CCBBFF2F0: 2. Table of contents The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
- Section H02E3C762D3064D94AE5AA51BDBF8F821: 101. Short title This title may be cited as the Early Childhood Mental Health Support Act.
- Section HE53BA93745C148A9BF5C7192F44C1E47: 102. Identification of effective interventions in Head Start programs The Secretary of Health and Human Services acting through the Assistant Secretary for the...
- Section H1C54568BDD504311BACD87983085617B: 103. Implementing the interventions in Head Start programs The Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families shall award grants to...
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To support the behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in the school-based behavioral health workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Criminal Justice, Civil Rights
Primary Purpose
This bill, To support the behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in the school-based behavioral health workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- schools, students, and education providers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- schools, students, and education providers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. DeSaulnier introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_education"
- → Secretary of Education
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an individual who— has received a master’s or other graduate degree in a school-based mental health field from a participating eligible institution and has obtained a State license or credential in the school-based mental health field
a covered provision that requires a participant or beneficiary to arbitrate a dispute related to the plan or an amendment to the plan that arose before the time such provision took effect
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