Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill establishes comprehensive school-based mental health grant program under Public Health Service Act Section 581, authorizing the Secretary of HHS to award grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to partnerships and creates new Section 581 of Public Health Service Act establishing school-based mental health program: authorizes grants up to $2M/year for 5 years to education-mental health partnerships, mandates trauma-informed. It relies on grants, appropriations, reporting requirements, and compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Mental Health, Healthcare, and Education.
Who Benefits and How
Community-based mental health providers and organizations could gain revenue opportunities, Community-based mental health providers could gain revenue opportunities, and State educational agencies and local educational agencies could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal government (HHS) could face higher costs, Federal government (HHS budget) could face higher costs, and Grant recipients (eligible partnerships) would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Establishes comprehensive school-based mental health grant program under Public Health Service Act Section 581, authorizing the Secretary of HHS to award grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to partnerships...
- Creates new Section 581 of Public Health Service Act establishing school-based mental health program: authorizes grants up to $2M/year for 5 years to education-mental health partnerships, mandates trauma-informed...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill establishes comprehensive school-based mental health grant program under Public Health Service Act Section 581, authorizing the Secretary of HHS to award grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to partnerships and creates new Section 581 of Public Health Service Act establishing school-based mental health program: authorizes grants up to $2M/year for 5 years to education-mental health partnerships, mandates trauma-informed.
Key Policy Areas
Mental Health, Healthcare, Education
Primary Purpose
The bill establishes comprehensive school-based mental health grant program under Public Health Service Act Section 581, authorizing the Secretary of HHS to award grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to partnerships and creates new Section 581 of Public Health Service Act establishing school-based mental health program: authorizes grants up to $2M/year for 5 years to education-mental health partnerships, mandates trauma-informed.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- Community-based mental health providers and organizations
- Community-based mental health providers
- State educational agencies and local educational agencies
- State and local educational agencies
- Health care providers specializing in children's mental health
Identified Costs
- Federal government (HHS)
- Federal government (HHS budget)
- Grant recipients (eligible partnerships)
- Grant recipients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Salinas (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Bonamici, …
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Community-based mental health providers, Community-based mental health providers and organizations, Grant recipients
Positive-direction: Community-based mental health providers, Community-based mental health providers and organizations
Negative-direction: Grant recipients, Grant recipients (eligible partnerships)
Schools funded by Bureau of Indian Education, State and local educational agencies, State educational agencies and local educational agencies
Child and adolescent psychiatrists, Health care providers specializing in children's mental health
Children and adolescents in schools, Children and adolescents up to age 21
Federal government, Federal government (HHS budget)
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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