Supporting the Mental Health of Educators and Staff Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Supporting the Mental Health of Educators and Staff Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Education, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients 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, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HDA97954043BC4D07BC7ED17EDD5AED46: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supporting the Mental Health of Educators and Staff Act of 2026.
- Section H3CF184E99FF64CB38470C94FE6FE7FA7: 2. Dissemination of best practices Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in...
- Section H7494FA4173CB4B7C84BD22ABC802B301: 3. Education and awareness initiative encouraging use of mental health and substance use disorder services by education professionals and other school staff...
- Section H20FD9326A0CB4F099AB2C3863614BA3C: 4. Programs to promote mental health among the education workforce Subpart 1 of part E of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294n et seq.)...
- Section H1C379EAA9066423796A50FF153CE5389: 764B. Programs to promote mental health among the education workforce The Secretary shall award grants or contracts to eligible entities to establish or...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Supporting the Mental Health of Educators and Staff Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Education, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, Supporting the Mental Health of Educators and Staff Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Kaine (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. King, and Mr. …
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
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