3.0.0 3006 2022-10-28T01:46:00Z 2022-10-28T01:46:00Z Senate S 2019-12-10 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-12-10T19:45:23Z Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2020 116 4861 HR 2020-09-30 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act 116 14 HR 2020-11-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Related bill CRS 2019-12-10 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-12-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK N J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2019-12-10 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2019-12-10 True G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2019-12-10 True Health Congressional oversight Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee hiring Employment and training programs Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Hospital care Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medical education Mental health Health 00 2019-12-10 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-29T14:59:05Z Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2019

This bill establishes a competitive grant program for up to 40 hospitals with emergency departments and certain on-site professionals to help connect patients in emergency departments who are at risk of suicide with treatment and mental health services. Grants may be used to train emergency department providers and establish certain policies and procedures related to the identification, assessment, and treatment of, and care coordination for, individuals who are at risk of suicide. In awarding the grants, the Department of Health and Human Services may give preference to specified types of hospitals, such as critical access hospitals and hospitals in areas with suicide rates higher than the national average.

]]> Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2019 Display Title Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to improve the identification, assessment, and treatment of patients in the emergency department who are at risk or suicide, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3006is/xml/BILLS-116s3006is.xml 2019-12-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.