3.0.0 2163 2025-12-05T08:55:45Z 2025-12-05T08:55:45Z Senate S S 2023-06-22 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2163 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-06-22T18:25:07Z Student Mental Health Rights Act 118 3726 HR 2023-05-25 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Identical bill CRS 2023-06-22 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2023-06-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N Education Education 2023-07-25T20:45:19Z 00 2023-06-22 Introduced in Senate 2023-11-17T15:48:52Z <p><strong>Student Mental Health Rights Act</strong></p> <p>This bill addresses mental health and substance use at institutions of higher education (IHEs).</p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education (ED)&nbsp;to solicit information from students and conduct a study on mental health disabilities and substance use disorders at IHEs.</p> <p>In addition, ED must&nbsp;issue guidance on&nbsp;IHEs' (1) compliance&nbsp;with&nbsp;federal law on mental health, (2) legal obligations to&nbsp;students with mental health disabilities and students with substance use disorders, and (3) policies that may have a discriminatory impact on such students.</p> Student Mental Health Rights Act Display Title 45 Student Mental Health Rights Act 2024-07-24T15:21:26Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Student Mental Health Rights Act 2024-05-24T13:38:27Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill 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. 2023-07-22T03:28:56Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s2163is/xml/BILLS-118s2163is.xml 2023-06-22 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.