Student Mental Health Rights Act

3.0.0 3726 2025-12-05T08:54:13Z 2025-12-05T08:54:13Z House H HR 2023-05-25 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3726 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 89 (Thursday, May 25, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. PORTER:H.R. 3726.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionThe single subject of this legislation is:To direct the Secretary of Education to study studentmental health at institutions of higher education and toissue guidance on compliance with the Americans withDisabilities Act of 1990 for mental health and substance usedisorder policies of institutions of higher education, andfor other purposes.[Page H2641]</pre> hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-05-25T13:06:50Z Student Mental Health Rights Act 118 2163 S 2023-06-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2023-05-25 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee 2023-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000618 Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] Katie Porter D CA 47 N B001278 Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] Suzanne Bonamici D OR 1 2023-05-25 True C001069 Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] Joe Courtney D CT 2 2023-05-25 True S001200 Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] Darren Soto D FL 9 2023-05-25 True C001097 Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] Tony Cárdenas D CA 29 2023-06-05 False F000466 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] Brian Fitzpatrick R PA K. 1 2023-06-12 False C001066 Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] Kathy Castor D FL 14 2023-07-26 False P000608 Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] Scott Peters D CA H. 50 2023-12-01 False W000822 Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] Bonnie Watson Coleman D NJ 12 2024-03-20 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] Eleanor Norton D DC Holmes 0 2024-03-20 False P000616 Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3] Dean Phillips D MN 3 2024-03-20 False Education Education 2023-06-22T20:00:30Z

00 2023-05-25 Introduced in House 2023-11-08T21:02:08Z Student Mental Health Rights Act This bill addresses mental health and substance use at institutions of higher education (IHEs). Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to solicit information from students and conduct a study on mental health disabilities and substance use disorders at IHEs. In addition, ED must issue guidance on IHEs' (1) compliance with federal law on mental health, (2) legal obligations to students with mental health disabilities and students with substance use disorders, and (3) policies that may have a discriminatory impact on such students.

Student Mental Health Rights Act Display Title 45 Student Mental Health Rights Act 2024-06-11T15:41:50Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Student Mental Health Rights Act 2024-05-24T13:39:20Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To direct the Secretary of Education to study student mental health at institutions of higher education and to issue guidance on compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 for mental health and substance use disorder policies of institutions of higher education, and for other purposes. 2024-03-18T20:54:19Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr3726ih/xml/BILLS-118hr3726ih.xml 2023-05-25 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. 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.