[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1543 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.1543
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two
An Act
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide best practices on
student suicide awareness and prevention training and condition State
educational agencies, local educational agencies, and tribal educational
agencies receiving funds under section 520A of such Act to establish and
implement a school-based student suicide awareness and prevention
training policy.
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 Training and Awareness
Nationally Delivered for Universal Prevention Act of 2021'' or the
``STANDUP Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. STUDENT SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION TRAINING.
(a) In General.--Title V of the Public Health Service Act is
amended by inserting after section 520A of such Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-
32) the following:
``SEC. 520B. STUDENT SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION TRAINING.
``(a) In General.--In awarding funds under section 520A, the
Secretary shall give priority to applications under such section from a
State educational agency, local educational agency, or Tribal
educational agency, submitted directly or through a State or Indian
Tribe, for funding for activities in secondary schools, where such
agency has implemented, or includes in such application a plan to
implement, a student suicide awareness and prevention training policy,
which may include applicable youth suicide early intervention and
prevention strategies implemented through section 520E--
``(1) establishing and implementing a school-based student
suicide awareness and prevention training policy in accordance with
subsection (c);
``(2) consulting with stakeholders (including principals,
teachers, parents, local Tribal officials, and other relevant
experts) and, as appropriate, utilizing information, models, and
other resources made available by the Suicide Prevention Technical
Assistance Center authorized under section 520C in the development
of the policy under paragraph (1); and
``(3) collecting and reporting information in accordance with
subsection (d).
``(b) Consideration.--In giving priority to applicants as described
in subsection (a), the Secretary shall, as appropriate, take into
consideration the incidence and prevalence of suicide in the applicable
jurisdiction and the costs of establishing and implementing, as
applicable, a school-based student suicide awareness and prevention
training policy.
``(c) School-Based Student Suicide Awareness and Prevention
Training Policy.--A school-based student suicide awareness and
prevention training policy implemented pursuant to subsection (a)(1)
shall--
``(1) be evidence-based;
``(2) be culturally- and linguistically-appropriate;
``(3) provide evidence-based training to students in grades 6
through 12, in coordination with school-based mental health
resources, as applicable, regarding--
``(A) suicide prevention education and awareness, including
associated risk factors;
``(B) methods that students can use to seek help; and
``(C) student resources for suicide awareness and
prevention; and
``(4) provide for periodic retraining of such students.
``(d) Collection of Information and Reporting.--Each State
educational agency, local educational agency, and Tribal educational
agency that receives priority to implement a new training policy
pursuant to subsection (a)(1) shall report to the Secretary the
following aggregated information, in a manner that protects personal
privacy, consistent with applicable Federal and State privacy laws:
``(1) The number of trainings conducted, including the number
of student trainings conducted, and the training delivery method
used.
``(2) The number of students trained, disaggregated by age and
grade level.
``(3) The number of help-seeking reports made by students after
implementation of such policy.
``(e) Evidence-Based Program Availability.--The Secretary shall
coordinate with the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of the
Interior to--
``(1) make publicly available the policies established by State
educational agencies, local educational agencies, and Tribal
educational agencies pursuant to this section and the training that
is available to students and teams pursuant to such policies, in
accordance with section 543A; and
``(2) provide technical assistance and disseminate best
practices on student suicide awareness and prevention training
policies, including through the Suicide Prevention Technical
Assistance Center authorized under section 520C, as applicable, to
State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and Tribal
agencies.
``(f) Implementation.--Not later than September 30, 2024, the
Secretary shall report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of
the House of Representatives the number of recipients of funds under
section 520A who have implemented training policies described in
subsection (a)(1) and a summary of the information received under
subsection (d).
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The term `evidence-based' has the meaning given such term
in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965.
``(2) The term `local educational agency' has the meaning given
to such term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.
``(3) The term `State educational agency' has the meaning given
to such term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.
``(4) The term `Tribal educational agency' has the meaning
given to the term `tribal educational agency' in section 6132 of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.''.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendment made by this Act shall apply only with respect to
applications for assistance under section 520A of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-32) that are submitted after the date of
enactment of this Act.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.