[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2966 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2966

To amend the Public Health Service Act to encourage programs to address 
                     college athlete mental health.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 28 (legislative day, September 22), 2023

 Mr. Boozman (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, 
and Mr. Wicker) 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 encourage programs to address 
                     college athlete mental health.

    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 ``Targeting Emotional and Mental 
Stability Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. COLLEGE ATHLETE MENTAL HEALTH.

    Section 520E-2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-
36b) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(13) Carrying out one or more school-based programs to 
        address mental health disorders among the college athlete 
        population, including providing access to--
                    ``(A) mental health care services for college 
                athletes, including real-time counseling and telehealth 
                services;
                    ``(B) peer-to-peer counseling;
                    ``(C) existing crisis lifeline services, including 
                the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline;
                    ``(D) training for students, faculty, athletic 
                coaches, and staff to respond effectively to students 
                exhibiting signs of mental distress or substance use 
                disorder; or
                    ``(E) campus-wide education initiatives to address 
                the stigma associated with mental health issues among 
                college athletes.''; and
            (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(9) For an institution of higher education proposing to 
        use the grant for an activity described in paragraph (13) of 
        subsection (b), a letter of support from the athletics 
        department of the institution of higher education.''.
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