MENTAL HEALTH

Amendments

Crime: foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (S. 1194), S11261 [11OC]

National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Con. Res. 113), S11321, S11329, S11330 [11OC]

Articles and editorials

Acknowledging the Psychiatric Cost of War, H5389 [8JY]

Crnic, 56, Championed Down Syndrome Causes, S10695 [7OC]

School Achievement Reports Often Exclude the Disabled, S9378 [20SE]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: improve the Transition Assistance Program provided for members being discharged, released from active duty, or retiring (see S. 2427), S5535 [17MY]

Autism: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see S. Res. 317), S2543 [10MR] (see H. Res. 605), H2372 [22AP]

Children and youth: promote greater public awareness of effective runaway youth prevention programs and the need for safe and productive alternatives, resources, and supports for youth in high-risk situations (see H. Res. 805), H7735 [28SE]

———support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see S. 2175), S2301 [8MR] (see S. 2634), S7828 [8JY] (see H.R. 4557), H3963 [14JN] (see H.R. 4799), H5470 [9JY]

Correctional institutions: award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs (see H.R. 4752), H5150 [25JN]

Courts: authorizing appropriations for diversion courts (see S. 2107), S1518 [24FE] (see H.R. 3924), H926 [9MR]

Dept. of HHS: conduct research on indicators of child well-being (see S. 2213), S2778 [12MR]

———revise minimum allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness (PATH) Program (see S. 2713), S8548 [21JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: award research and equipment grants, provide tax credit for employers hiring workers to replace employees receiving first responder training, and provide school-based mental health training (see S. 2459), S5949 [20MY] (see H.R. 5159), H7735 [28SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide permanent authority for counseling and treatment program for veterans who experienced sexual trauma or harassment while in military service (see H.R. 3849), H698 [26FE]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 2533), S6881 [16JN] (see H.R. 4595), H4286 [16JN]

———prohibit use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program (see H.R. 5236), H8408 [6OC]

District of Columbia: enact provisions of the Mental Health Civil Commitment Act which affect the Commission on Mental Health (see H.R. 4302), H2727 [6MY]

Drug abuse: assist States in establishing, maintaining, and improving systems to reduce the diversion and abuse of prescription drugs (see S. 2288), S3791 [6AP]

Education: increase student loan forgiveness to highly-qualified teachers in mathematics, science, and special education, and for reading specialists (see H.R. 4410), H3437 (see H.R. 4410), H3537 [20MY]

———reduce special allowance for loans from the proceeds of tax-exempt issues and provide additional loan forgiveness for teachers who teach mathematics, science, or special education (see S. 2877), S10061 [30SE]

Extension Living Well Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 105), S5078 [10MY]

Families and domestic relations: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see H.R. 4543), H3872 [9JN]

Higher Education Act: provide funds for campus mental and behavioral health service centers (see S. 2215), S2778 [12MR]

Homeless: establish grant program to address the goal of ending chronic homelessness (see S. 2829), S9525 [22SE] (see H.R. 4057), H1739 [30MR]

National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 370), S6499 [7JN]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3887), H830 [3MR]

National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry as obligated service (see S. 2075), S1285 [12FE]

National Horticultural Therapy Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 497), H7574 [23SE]

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: establish a program on children and the media to study the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children (see S. 2447), S5799 [19MY]

National objectives: recognize that prevention of suicide is a compelling national priority (see S. Con. Res. 119), S6997 [17JN] (see H. Con. Res. 456), H4391 (see H. Con. Res. 456), H4507 [17JN]

National Runaway Prevention Month: designate (see S. Res. 430), S9441 [21SE]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see S. Res. 292), S286 [27JA]

National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 113), S6087 [21MY]

Senior citizens: provide mental health screening and treatment services, integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams (see S. 2572), S7434 [24JN] (see H.R. 4694), H4926 (see H.R. 4694), H5070 [24JN]

Veterans: improve post-traumatic stress disorder treatment for veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 5244), H8856 [7OC]

———improve post-traumatic stress disorder treatment for veterans of service in Afghanistan and Iraq and the war on terror (see H.R. 4798), H5470 [9JY]

Voting: require States to give notice and opportunity for review prior to removing individuals from list of eligible voters in Federal elections for criminal convictions or mental incapacity (see H.R. 4250), H2488 [29AP]

Cost Estimates

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act (S. 1194): CBO, H8242 [6OC]

Letters

Research, disease control, wellness, and tobacco cessation and preventative health efforts funding through an increase in cigarette and other tobacco excise taxes: several health organizations, S2645 [11MR]

Support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies: Meredith Jessup, S9021 [9SE]

Lists

Organizations supporting S. 486, Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, S5732 [19MY]

Remarks in House

American Art Therapy Association: tribute to Creative Aging—Beyond Words exhibit, E1099 [14JN]

Angell, Robert: Friends of the Sunshine Place Volunteer of the Year award recipient, E327 [9MR]

Armed Forces: assessment of post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in Iraq, H5388 [8JY]

———ensure receipt of quality medical care and adequate action relative to medical issues, H711 [2MR]

———improve the Transition Assistance Program provided for members being discharged, released from active duty, or retiring, H4701 [22JN]

Autism: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (H. Res. 605), H2593-H2598 [5MY], E777, E783 [6MY], E798 [10MY], E896 [18MY]

Bronx, NY: tribute to Full Circle Life Enrichment Center, E2034 [18NO]

Carothers, Carol: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award recipient, E1122 [15JN]

Child Abuse Prevention Month: observance, H2339 [22AP]

Children and youth: improve ability of the child welfare system to prevent and respond to child abuse and place children in safe, loving, and permanent homes (H.R. 1534), E929 [21MY]

———promote greater public awareness of effective runaway youth prevention programs and the need for safe and productive alternatives, resources, and supports for youth in high-risk situations (H. Res. 805), H8326-H8328 [6OC]

———support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (H.R. 4557), E1155 [18JN]

———support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (H.R. 4799), H5515 [12JY]

———support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (S. 2634), H6865-H6874 [8SE], E1573 [9SE], E1584, E1585 [10SE], E1721 [29SE]

Colorado Bluesky Enterprises, Inc.: tribute, E569 [20AP]

Correctional institutions: award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs (H.R. 4752), E1283 [25JN]

Crime: foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (S. 1194), H8239-H8245 [6OC]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit funds for National Institute of Mental Health study of college students dorm rooms, web pages, and what makes a meaningful day, H6947-H6951 [9SE]

———Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Access to Recovery grant program funding, H6945, H6946 [9SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide permanent authority for counseling and treatment program for veterans who experienced sexual trauma or harassment while in military service (H.R. 3849), E243 [26FE]

———Sexual Trauma Counseling Program funding, H9786, H9787 [17NO]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (H.R. 4595), E1143 [16JN], E1152 [18JN]

———prohibit use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program (H.R. 5236), E1828 [7OC]

District of Columbia: enact provisions of the Mental Health Civil Commitment Act which affect the Commission on Mental Health (H.R. 4302), H8257-H8259 [6OC]

Drugs: protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering psychotropic medication in order to attend school (H.R. 1170), H6875 [8SE]

Education: increase student loan forgiveness to highly-qualified teachers in mathematics, science, and special education, and for reading specialists (H.R. 4410), H3706 [2JN]

———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (H.R. 438), H8325 [6OC]

———prohibit funds to create or implement a new screening program, H6943, H6944 [9SE]

Glendale Association for the Retarded: anniversary, E1715 [28SE]

Health: safety of vaccines containing mercury and thimerosal, H415 [10FE], H1615 [29MR]

———study link between child vaccinations and autism, H415 [10FE], H1615 [29MR], H4564-H4568 [18JN]

Higher Education Act: provide funds for campus mental and behavioral health service centers (H.R. 3593), H6872 [8SE]

Insurance: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (H.R. 953), H8174, H8243, H8244 [6OC], H8642 [7OC]

MARO Employment and Training Association: anniversary, E1064 [8JN]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: observance, H8642 [7OC], E1886 [11OC]

National Alliance for Autism Research: tribute, E1066 [8JN]

National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day: observance, E1566 [8SE]

National Professional Social Work Month: observance, H1764 [31MR]

Oakland, CA: anniversary of Asian Community Mental Health Services (organization), E1602 [13SE]

Occupational Therapy Month: observance, E680 [28AP]

Parma, OH: tribute to Westside Veterans Center, E1246 [25JN]

Pharmaceuticals: pediatric vaccine manufacturer liability protection, H10189 [20NO]

The Arc of the U.S. (organization): anniversary of Morris County, NJ, chapter, E954 [21MY]

Valmora, NM: anniversary of Rancho Valmora, E1447 [21JY]

Veterans: improve post-traumatic stress disorder treatment for veterans of service in Afghanistan and Iraq and the war on terror, E1965 [11OC]

———provide long-term physical and mental health care for combat veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and their families, H2527 [4MY]

———provide mental health services for veterans returning from combat and their families, H4701, H4707, H4708 [22JN], E1223 [24JN]

Remarks in Senate

American Association on Mental Retardation: tribute to Illinois chapter Direct Service Professional Award recipients, S9382 [20SE]

Armed Forces: improve the Transition Assistance Program provided for members being discharged, released from active duty, or retiring, S7294-S7296 [23JN]

———improve the Transition Assistance Program provided for members being discharged, released from active duty, or retiring (S. 2427), S5537-S5539 [17MY]

Autism: provide assistance to train teachers for children with autism spectrum disorders, S5359 [12MY]

Barton, Alisa: National Social Services Conference Award of Excellence in Social Service recipient, S3631 [5AP], S4019 [8AP]

Calvert Alliance Against Substance Abuse, Inc.: tribute, S11367 [16NO]

Cascadia Behavioral HealthCare (organization): tribute, S9381 [20SE]

Child Abuse Prevention Month: observance, S4013 [8AP]

Children and youth: support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (S. 2175), S2305-S2308 [8MR], S7810 [8JY]

———support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (S. 2634), S7800-S7806, S7810, S7864 [8JY], S7875, S7876 [9JY], S9020-S9023 [9SE], S9072 [10SE]

Coalition for Brain Injury Research: tribute, S5603 [18MY], S8958 [8SE]

Courts: authorizing appropriations for diversion courts (S. 2107), S1522 [24FE]

Crime: foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (S. 1194), S11365 [16NO]

———foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (S. 1194), House amendment, S11261-S11263 [11OC]

Dept. of HHS: conduct research on indicators of child well-being (S. 2213), S2791 [12MR]

———revise minimum allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness (PATH) Program (S. 2713), S8560 [21JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: award research and equipment grants, provide tax credit for employers hiring workers to replace employees receiving first responder training, and provide school-based mental health training (S. 2459), S5956-S5958 [20MY]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (S. 2533), S6901, S6902 [16JN], S9380 [20SE]

District of Columbia: enact provisions of the Mental Health Civil Commitment Act which affect the Commission on Mental Health (H.R. 4302), S11697 [20NO]

Drug abuse: assist States in establishing, maintaining, and improving systems to reduce the diversion and abuse of prescription drugs (S. 2288), S3793 [6AP]

Education: reduce special allowance for loans from the proceeds of tax-exempt issues and provide additional loan forgiveness for teachers who teach mathematics, science, or special education (S. 2877), S10071 [30SE]

FEMA: mental health counseling services for emergency services personnel ailments resulting from terrorist attacks, S9201 [14SE]

Granger, IA: tribute to Jennifer Steensen Field of Dreams Therapeutic Riding Program, S11424 [17NO]

Higher Education Act: provide funds for campus mental and behavioral health service centers (S. 2215), S2792 [12MR], S7807-S7810 [8JY]

Homeless: establish grant program to address the goal of ending chronic homelessness (S. 2829), S9530 [22SE]

Insurance: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (S. 486), S599-S601 [5FE], S5730-S5733 [19MY], S5907 [20MY], S10692 [7OC]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: observance, S10692 [7OC]

National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry as obligated service (S. 2075), S1291 [12FE]

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: establish a program on children and the media to study the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children (S. 2447), S5803-S5806 [19MY]

National objectives: recognize that prevention of suicide is a compelling national priority (S. Con. Res. 119), S7024 [17JN], S9655 [23SE]

National Runaway Prevention Month: designate (S. Res. 430), S10685 [7OC], S11017, S11018 [10OC]

National School Counseling Week: designate (S. Res. 292), S288 [27JA], S378 [2FE]

National Suicide Prevention Week: observance, S6080 [21MY]

National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Con. Res. 113), S6108 [21MY], S11329 [11OC]

No Child Left Behind Act: implementation of certain provisions relative to students with special needs, S9378 [20SE]

Senior citizens: provide mental health screening and treatment services, integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams (S. 2572), S7437-S7441 [24JN]

Services: funding, S2684 [11MR]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 1896), S689 [6FE]

Tobacco products: increase funding for research, disease control, wellness, and tobacco cessation and preventative health efforts through an increase in cigarette and other tobacco excise taxes, S2621-S2623, S2645 [11MR]

Veterans: health care funding, S11423 [17NO]

———improve post-traumatic stress disorder treatment for veterans of service in Afghanistan and Iraq and the war on terror, S8822 [7SE]

———tribute to art therapists dealing with veterans, S10688 [7OC]

Reports filed

District of Columbia Mental Health Civil Commitment Modernization Act: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H.R. 4302) (H. Rept. 108-729), H8166 [5OC]

Mental Health Diversion Courts Appropriations: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2107), S4687 [29AP]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (S. 1194) (H. Rept. 108-732), H8167 [5OC]

National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 370), S7054 [18JN]

Statements

Congressional Human Rights Caucus Briefing on International Disability Rights: Eric Rosenthal, Mental Disability Rights International (organization), E993 [2JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 605, increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals, H2593 [5MY]

H. Res. 805, promote greater public awareness of effective runaway youth prevention programs and the need for safe and productive alternatives, resources, and supports for youth in high-risk situations, H8326 [6OC]

H.R. 4302, District of Columbia Mental Health Civil Commitment Modernization Act, H8257 [6OC]

S. 1194, Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act, S11261-S11263 [11OC], H8239-H8242 [6OC]

S. 2075, Geriatricians Loan Forgiveness Act, S1291 [12FE]

S. 2107, mental health diversion courts appropriations, S1523 [24FE]

S. 2175, Youth Suicide Early Intervention and Prevention Expansion Act, S2306 [8MR]

S. 2215, Campus Care and Counseling Act, S2793 [12MR]

S. 2427, Veterans' Enhanced Transition Services Act, S5539-S5541 [17MY]

S. 2447, Children and Media Research Advancement Act, S5805 [19MY]

S. 2459, Community Security Act, S5958-S5961 [20MY]

S. 2572, Positive Aging Act, S7438-S7440 [24JN]

S. 2634, support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies, S7864-S7867 [8JY], S9083-S9086 [10SE], H6865-H6868 [8SE]

S. 2713, revise minimum allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness (PATH) Program, S8560 [21JY]

S. 2829, Samaritan Initiative Act, S9530-S9533 [22SE]

S. 2877, Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act, S10072 [30SE]

S. Con. Res. 105, Extension Living Well Week, S5095 [10MY]

S. Con. Res. 113, support goals and ideals of National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month, S6108 [21MY]

S. Con. Res. 119, recognize that prevention of suicide is a compelling national priority, S7023 [17JN], S9655 [23SE], S9689 [24SE]

S. Res. 292, National School Counseling Week, S288 [27JA], S378 [2FE]

S. Res. 317, increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals, S2561 [10MR]

S. Res. 370, National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day, S6501 [7JN], S7591 [6JY]

S. Res. 430, National Runaway Prevention Month, S9453 [21SE], S11018 [10OC]