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[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 130 (Thursday, July 27, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. NAPOLITANO:H.R. 4954.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, clause 1The single subject of this legislation is:Mental Health[Page H4142]
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Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee
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Judiciary Committee
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Standing
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Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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2023-07-27
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2023-07-27
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2023-07-27
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2023-07-27
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2023-08-29
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2023-09-26
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Immigration
- Congressional oversight
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- Employment and training programs
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- Government studies and investigations
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- Health information and medical records
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- Health personnel
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- Immigrant health and welfare
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- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
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- Mental health
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- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
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- Worker safety and health
2024-07-22T19:40:39Z
Immigration
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2023-07-27
Introduced in House
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Immigrants' Mental Health Act of 2023
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 non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) that was obtained by a mental health professional while the individual 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 2023
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Immigrants’ Mental Health Act of 2023
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Immigrants’ Mental Health Act of 2023
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Introduced in House
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- Official Title as Introduced
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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.
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Introduced in House
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