3.0.0 1854 2023-01-11T20:41:26Z 2023-01-11T20:41:26Z Senate S S 2007-07-23 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-07-23T21:41:34Z Stop Senior Suicide Act 110 4897 HR 2007-12-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2007-07-23 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9780-9781) IntroReferral 2007-07-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9779-9780) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. N K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-07-23 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2007-07-23 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-11-05 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2008-02-27 False Health Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to health facilities Geriatrics Health planning Medicare Mental health services Preventive medicine Psychiatry Social Welfare Suicide Health 00 2007-07-23 Introduced in Senate 2007-10-16T20:47:06Z Stop Senior Suicide Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an Interagency Geriatric Mental Health Planning Council to coordinate and collaborate on the planning for the delivery of mental health services, to include suicide prevention, to older adults.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove provisions that limit payment for the treatment of mental, psychoneurotic, and personality disorders of an individual who is not an inpatient of a hospital at the time such expenses are incurred.

Requires the Secretary to award grants or cooperative agreements to eligible entities to develop strategies for addressing suicide among the elderly.

Revises provisions requiring centers to provide appropriate information, training, and technical assistance on youth suicide to require such information, training, and assistance on suicide among all ages, particularly for groups that are at a high risk for suicide. Authorizes additional appropriations to carry out such changes.

]]> Stop Senior Suicide Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Social Security Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve elderly suicide early intervention and prevention strategies, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Stop Senior Suicide Act Short Titles as Introduced Stop Senior Suicide Act Introduced in Senate 2007-07-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1854is/xml/BILLS-110s1854is.xml 2007-07-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9780-9781) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.