3.0.0 4989 2023-01-11T13:43:49Z 2023-01-11T13:43:49Z Senate S 2020-12-09 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-12-09T21:34:24Z 2020-12-09 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-12-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2020-12-09 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2020-12-09 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-12-09 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2020-12-09 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2020-12-09 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-12-09 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2020-12-09 True Social Welfare Aging Child care and development Community life and organization Department of Health and Human Services Domestic violence and child abuse Emergency communications systems Emergency medical services and trauma care Executive agency funding and structure Family services Government information and archives Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Homelessness and emergency shelter Housing and community development funding Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Mental health Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations State and local government operations Telephone and wireless communication Social Welfare 00 2020-12-09 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-15T14:49:37Z Human-Services Emergency Logistic Program Act of 2020 or the HELP Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to allot funding to states and territories to improve 2-1-1 call systems. These systems connect callers seeking non-emergency assistance with appropriate local human services, such as homelessness and suicide prevention resources.

]]> HELP Act of 2020 Display Title HELP Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced HELP Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Human-Services Emergency Logistic Program Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to facilitate nationwide accessibility and coordination of 211 services for information and referral for mental health emergencies, homelessness needs, other human services needs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4989is/xml/BILLS-116s4989is.xml 2020-12-09 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.