[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4824 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4824

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the capacity of the 
     suicide prevention lifeline and mental health crisis centers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             October 21 (legislative day, October 19), 2020

    Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Ernst, and Mr. Jones) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the capacity of the 
     suicide prevention lifeline and mental health crisis centers.

    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 ``Suicide and Crisis Outreach 
Prevention Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDING CAPACITY OF THE SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE AND 
              MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CENTERS.

    Section 520E-3 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-
36c) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by inserting ``supporting and'' before 
                        ``coordinating''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``mental health'' before 
                        ``crisis intervention services'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
                paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (1), the 
                following:
            ``(2) increasing the capacity of the program and crisis 
        centers participating in the network to provide suicide 
        prevention and mental health crisis intervention services to 
        individuals seeking help;'';
                    (D) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' after the 
                semicolon;
                    (E) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and 
                inserting a semicolon; and
                    (F) by inserting after paragraph (4), as 
                redesignated by subparagraph (B), the following:
            ``(5) improving awareness of the program for suicide 
        prevention and mental health crisis intervention services, 
        including by conducting an awareness campaign and ongoing 
        outreach to the public; and
            ``(6) establishing, standardizing, and maintaining data 
        collection and reports on racial, ethnic, geographic, 
        socioeconomic, and other health disparities to understand 
        disparities in access to the program and among individuals who 
        are seeking help.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``$7,198,000 for each of 
        fiscal years 2018 through 2022'' and inserting ``$20,000,000 
        for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025''.
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