3.0.0 3392 2022-02-09T03:42:11Z 2022-02-09T07:49:46Z Senate S 2020-03-04 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-04T21:59:46Z Immigrants’ Mental Health Act of 2020 116 6075 HR 2020-06-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations. Related bill CRS 2020-03-04 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-03-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2020-03-04 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-03-04 True Immigration Administrative remedies Border security and unlawful immigration Child health Congressional oversight Department of Homeland Security Detention of persons Employment and training programs Government studies and investigations Health information and medical records Health personnel Immigrant health and welfare Medical tests and diagnostic methods Mental health Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Worker safety and health Immigration 00 2020-03-04 Introduced in Senate 2020-08-26T16:13:52Z Immigrants' Mental Health Act of 2020

This bill directs Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to take steps to address mental health issues among immigrants and CBP agents and officers. It also restricts the sharing of mental health information for use in certain immigration proceedings.

CBP shall develop training to enable its agents and officers to (1) identify mental health issues and risk factors in immigrants and refugees, (2) provide crisis intervention using a trauma-informed approach, and (3) better manage work-related stress and psychological pressures.

CBP shall assign at least one qualified mental or behavioral health expert to each Border Patrol station, port of entry, checkpoint, forward operating base, secondary inspection area, and short-term custody facility.

The Department of Health and Human Services may not provide to the Department of Homeland Security information about the mental health of an alien that was obtained by a mental health professional while the alien was in federal government custody if the information will be used for (1) an asylum determination, (2) an immigration hearing, or (3) a deportation hearing.

]]> Immigrants' Mental Health Act of 2020 Display Title Immigrants' Mental Health Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Immigrants' Mental Health Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to expand and improve access to trauma-informed mental health interventions for newly arriving immigrants at the border, to alleviate the stress of and provide education for border agents, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3392is/xml/BILLS-116s3392is.xml 2020-03-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.