3.0.0 1570 2023-12-05T10:26:22Z 2023-12-05T10:26:22Z Senate S 2021-05-11 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-05-11T23:04:47Z 2021-05-11 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-05-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2021-05-11 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2021-05-11 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2021-05-11 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2021-05-11 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2021-05-11 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2021-05-11 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2021-05-11 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2021-05-11 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-05-11 True K000377 Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] Mark Kelly D AZ 2021-05-11 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2021-05-11 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2021-05-13 False Social Welfare Aging Child care and development Community life and organization Department of Health and Human Services Disability and paralysis 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 Indian social and development programs Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Law enforcement administration and funding Mental health Performance measurement Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations State and local government operations Telephone and wireless communication Social Welfare 00 2021-05-11 Introduced in Senate 2022-03-01T20:32:50Z Human-Services Emergency Logistic Program Act of 2021 or the HELP Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to allot funding to states, tribal nations, and territories to improve the 2-1-1 and 9-8-8 telecommunication systems. The 2-1-1 system provides callers with information and referrals with respect to health and human services and other provider agencies, and the 9-8-8 system provides callers with mental health or suicide crisis support and resources through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

The funds must be used solely for making the call systems available to all individuals in the service area, enhancing community information and referrals with respect to human services, or both. As a condition of this funding, recipients must appoint a lead entity to manage activities to improve the call systems. Recipients must also establish a Human Services State Oversight Council to provide the lead entity with guidance and oversight related to the call systems.

In addition, HHS must establish a Human Services National Board, comprised of federal and non-federal representatives, to manage the allocation of funds and evaluate the call systems.

]]> HELP Act of 2021 Display Title HELP Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to facilitate nationwide accessibility and coordination of 211 services and 988 services in order to provide information and referral to all residents and visitors in the United States for mental health emergencies, homelessness needs, other social and human services needs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced HELP Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Human-services Emergency Logistic Program Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1570is/xml/BILLS-117s1570is.xml 2021-05-11 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.