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                                                 Union Calendar No. 614
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1877

                          [Report No. 114-786]

  To amend section 520J of the Public Health Service Act to authorize 
         grants for mental health first aid training programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 16, 2015

   Ms. Jenkins of Kansas (for herself and Ms. Matsui) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

                           September 26, 2016

   Additional sponsors: Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. 
 Cicilline, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. 
Polis, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. Esty, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Nolan, 
 Ms. Pingree, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Visclosky, 
 Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Ashford, Mr. Yarmuth, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Ms. Kuster, 
  Mr. Coffman, Ms. Lee, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Jolly, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
  Cartwright, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Engel, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. 
DeLauro, Mr. Gibson, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Meehan, Mrs. Napolitano, 
 Mr. Heck of Nevada, Mr. Katko, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Cramer, 
 Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Costello of Pennsylvania, 
         Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Yoder, and Mr. Kilmer

                           September 26, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 
                               16, 2015]


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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend section 520J of the Public Health Service Act to authorize 
         grants for mental health first aid training programs.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mental Health First Aid Act of 
2016''.

SEC. 2. MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING GRANTS.

    Section 520J of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-41) 
is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``mental health 
        awareness'' before ``training''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
                ``Illness'' and inserting ``Health'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, veterans, 
                law enforcement, and other categories of individuals, 
                as determined by the Secretary,'' after ``emergency 
                services personnel'';
                    (C) in paragraph (5)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking ``to'' and inserting ``for 
                        evidence-based programs that provide education 
                        to teachers, personnel, and other categories of 
                        individuals described in paragraph (1) on at 
                        least''; and
                            (ii) by striking subparagraphs (A) through 
                        (C) and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) recognizing the signs and symptoms of mental 
                illness; and
                    ``(B) either--
                            ``(i) resources available in the community 
                        for individuals with a mental illness and other 
                        relevant resources; or
                            ``(ii) the safe de-escalation of crisis 
                        situations involving individuals with a mental 
                        illness.''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (7), by striking ``, $25,000,000'' 
                and all that follows through the period at the end and 
                inserting ``$14,963,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 
                through 2021.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 614

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1877

                          [Report No. 114-786]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend section 520J of the Public Health Service Act to authorize 
         grants for mental health first aid training programs.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 26, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed