3.0.0 4388 2023-01-11T13:45:32Z 2023-01-11T13:45:32Z Senate S 2020-07-30 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-07-30T20:28:57Z Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act 116 5469 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 Reducing Mental Health Stigma in the Hispanic Community Act of 2019 116 4543 HR 2019-09-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2020-07-30 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-07-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2020-07-30 True C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2020-07-30 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2020-07-30 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2020-07-30 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-07-30 True R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2020-07-30 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2020-07-30 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2020-07-30 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-07-30 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2020-07-30 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2020-07-30 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2020-08-03 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2020-08-03 False Health Health 00 2020-07-30 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-23T23:23:50Z Mental Health Equity Act of 2020

This bill establishes programs to address racial and ethnic mental health disparities.

Specifically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration must award grants that address racial and ethnic health disparities by (1) providing integrated health care in areas with a high proportion of racial and ethnic minority groups, and (2) developing national programs for health professionals to reduce such disparities.

The bill also (1) reauthorizes the minority fellowship program to support the education of mental health professionals who provide services to racial and ethnic minorities, (2) requires a study on mental health disparities and a commission on the effects of social media use on adolescents, and (3) prohibits the use of federal funds for specified conversion therapy in the context of sexual orientation or sexual identity.

]]> Mental Health Equity Act of 2020 Display Title Mental Health Equity Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Mental Health Equity Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to address mental health issues for youth, particularly youth of color, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4388is/xml/BILLS-116s4388is.xml 2020-07-30 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.