MENTAL HEALTH

Addresses

State of the Union: President Biden, S891–S896 [1MR], H1200–H1206 [1MR]

Amendments

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain programs relative to mental health and substance use disorders (H.R. 7666), H5783, H5784, H5785, H5786, H5788, H5789, H5790, H5791, H5792, H5793 [22JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs relative to mental health and substance use disorders (H.R. 7666), consideration (H. Res. 1191), H5750 [22JN]

——— support behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in school-based behavioral workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits (H.R. 7780), H8238, H8249, H8250 [29SE]

——— support behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in school-based behavioral workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits (H.R. 7780), consideration (H. Res. 1396), H8177 [28SE]

Dept. of Justice: direct Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program to carry out grant program to provide assistance to police departments with fewer than 200 law enforcement officers (S. 3860), S3810, S3827 [1AU]

FBI: require trauma-informed experts be part of child interviews for investigations of child sexual exploitation or abuse, production of child sexual abuse material, or child trafficking (S. 4926), S7146 [13DE]

Joseph Woodrow Hatchett U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building, Tallahassee, FL: designate (S. 2938), H5895 [24JN]

Law enforcement: provide for training on alternatives to use of force, de-escalation, and behavioral health and suicidal crisis (S. 4003), S3811, S3829 [1AU]

——— provide for training on alternatives to use of force, de-escalation, and behavioral health and suicidal crisis (S. 4003), consideration (H. Res. 1518), H9751 [14DE]

National Warrior Call Day: designate (S. Res. 754), S7040 [7DE], S7076 [8DE]

Articles and editorials

Are You High? The Science of Testing for Marijuana Impairment Is Hazy, and Evolving. Lawmakers, Police, Prosecutors Grapple With How To Define Marijuana Impairment, H4101 [1AP]

Is Marijuana Addictive?, H4099 [1AP]

Legalized Marijuana Linked to a Sharp Rise in Car Crashes, H4100 [1AP]

New Survey Data Shows LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health Crisis, H5864 [23JN]

Republicans Push Unfounded Mental Health Claim for Gun Violence, H5351 [8JN]

Senate Gun Bill Is Terrible, S3131 [23JN]

Timing of Mental Health Treatment and PTSD Symptom Improvement Among Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, H258–H260 [20JA]

U.S. Grapples With How To Gauge Just How High Cannabis Users Are, H4102 [1AP]

Bills and resolutions

Advisory Council To Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: reauthorize (see S. 4502), S3201 [11JY]

Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1208), H5923 [28JN]

Armed Forces: carry out pilot program on providing training to, validating, and deploying grief companions to facilitate bereavement care (see S. 4783), S4045 [4AU]

——— establish new pathways for career counseling in Transition Assistance Program (see H.R. 7891), H5219 [27MY]

——— establish special pay and allowances for members assigned to cold weather operations (see S. 4375), S2893 [9JN] (see H.R. 8023), H5446 [9JN]

——— waive cost-sharing under TRICARE program for three mental health outpatient visits per year (see S. 4388), S2939 [14JN]

Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: repeal (see H.R. 8374), H6623 [14JY]

Black Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 718), S3639 [25JY] (see H. Res. 1226), H6335 [13JY]

Brain Donation Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 1069), H4608 [28AP]

Bureau of Prisons: improve treatment of Federal prisoners who are primary caretaker parents (see S. 5206), S7034 [7DE] (see H.R. 9494), H9688 [12DE]

——— prohibit from housing prisoners with persons of opposite biological sex, regardless of gender identity (see S. 3481), S189 [12JA] (see H.R. 6764), H1129 [18FE]

——— reform use of solitary confinement and other forms of restrictive housing (see S. 5038), S5541 [29SE]

CDC: promote mental wellness and resilience, heal mental and behavioral health and psychosocial problems, and award grants for community-based mental wellness and resilience programs (see S. 5251), S7199 [14DE] (see H.R. 9201), H8402 [18OC]

——— support research and programmatic efforts that will build on previous research on effects of adverse childhood experiences (see S. 4332), S2751 [26MY]

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation: require testing of incentive payments for behavioral health providers and certain other providers for adoption and use of certified electronic health record technology (see H.R. 7427), H4396 [6AP]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: provide guidance to States on furnishing behavioral health services and treatment under Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program using telehealth services (see S. 4039), S2091 [7AP]

Children and youth: address mental health impact of recurrent climate-related disasters on youth (see H. Res. 975), H1423 [9MR]

——— address national crisis of suicide among minority adolescents (see H. Res. 1217), H5935 [5JY]

——— eliminate use of valid court orders to secure lockup for status offenses which would not be judicial issues if offenders were not juveniles (see S. 4362), S2865 [8JN] (see H.R. 7976), H5408 [8JN]

——— prevent State child protective services from removing child from custody of parent or legal guardian due to reluctance or refusal to consent to child receiving gender-transition intervention (see H.R. 9507), H9729 [13DE]

——— prohibit gender affirming care on minors (see H.R. 8731), H7716 [19AU]

——— provide families with tools, safeguards, and transparency needed to protect against threats to children’s health and well-being online (see S. 3663), S753 [16FE]

——— provide grants to improve trauma support services and mental health care for children and youth in educational settings (see H.R. 7784), H5009 [16MY]

——— rescind Executive order advancing equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex individuals relative to certain gender-affirming care interventions for minors (see H.R. 8212), H5877 [23JN]

Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 607), S2246 [2MY]

Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 607), S2246 [2MY]

Coast Guard: establish interim behavioral health policy that achieves parity with Dept. of Defense behavioral health policy (see S. 3637), S647 [10FE]

Commission on the Federal Regulation of Cannabis: establish (see S. 5166), S6941 [1DE] (see H.R. 7513), H4442 [14AP]

Conservation of natural resources: express need to protect and conserve at least 50 percent of lands and oceans in U.S. and encourage diplomatic efforts to achieve this goal worldwide (see H. Res. 1163), H5446 [9JN]

Courts: create private right of action allowing people who have gender-transition procedures performed on them as minors to sue medical practitioner who performed procedure (see S. 4457), S3075 [22JN] (see H.R. 8171), H5822 [22JN]

Crime: call for States to pass sexual assault kit reform legislation (see H. Res. 1492), H8595 [22NO]

——— prohibit people from intentionally impeding 9-8-8 suicide and crisis lifeline telephone number (see H.R. 9158), H8385 [7OC]

Death and dying: ensure individuals facing end of their lives have access to quality medical, palliative, and hospice care and oppose Federal policies or practices that support or facilitate assisted suicide (see H. Con. Res. 68), H976 [4FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend certain child nutrition waiver authority relative to school meals (see S. 3979), S1910 [31MR] (see H.R. 8150), H5733 [21JN]

Dept. of Defense: establish initiative to unify efforts and programs to improve cognitive performance and brain health of Armed Forces members (see H.R. 8141), H5684 [17JN] (see H.R. 9532), H9851 [14DE]

——— expand and improve Advisory Panel on Community Support for Military Families With Special Needs (see H.R. 7994), H5445 [9JN]

Dept. of Education: allow States and local educational agencies to use existing Federal grant money to make physical safety improvements to school campus facilities (see H.R. 8009), H5445 [9JN]

——— assess impact of school start times on student health, well-being, and performance (see H.R. 8787), H7741 [9SE]

——— award grants to eligible partnerships to increase access to specialized instructional support personnel (see H.R. 7219), H3863 [24MR]

——— carry out grant program to support placement of students and licensed professional social workers in public libraries (see H.R. 8822), H7841 [14SE]

——— establish grant program to facilitate peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs for middle and high school students (see H.R. 9036), H8314 [29SE]

——— establish Mental Health in Schools Excellence Program to increase recruitment and retention of school-based mental health services providers (see S. 3927), S1774 [24MR]

——— establish program to assist certain schools relative to implementation of wraparound services (see H.R. 7333), H4072 [31MR]

——— help local educational agencies replace zero-tolerance disciplinary policies and punitive discipline in elementary and secondary schools with restorative practices (see S. 3973), S1910 [31MR] (see H.R. 7320), H4071 [31MR]

——— include certain mental health professionals as specialized instructional support personnel (see H.R. 6709), H1119 [11FE]

——— include longitudinal component on impact of coronavirus pandemic on student outcomes and well-being on existing longitudinal educational study (see S. 3862), S1253 [17MR]

——— make grants for additional school-based mental health providers to help reduce psychological harm and assist with return to adaptive coping in schools following violent or traumatic crisis (see S. 3848), S1225 [16MR]

——— prohibit from punishing States, local educational agencies, or elementary schools for failure to implement or carry out certain Federal policies relative to sex education in elementary schools (see H.R. 7492), H4438 [11AP]

——— promote comprehensive college campus mental health and suicide prevention plans (see S. 4970), S5225 [28SE]

——— provide criteria for use of Federal funds to support trauma-informed practices in schools (see S. 4614), S3694 [26JY] (see H.R. 8494), H7168 [26JY]

——— provide grants for institutions of higher education to prevent alcohol and substance misuse (see H.R. 6493), H301 [25JA]

——— require institutions of higher education to have independent advocate for campus sexual assault prevention and response (see S. 4846), S4619 [14SE]

——— study student mental health at institutions of higher education and issue guidance on compliance with Americans With Disabilities Act for mental health and substance use disorder policies (see H.R. 7370), H4126 [1AP]

Dept. of HHS: allow States greater flexibility to use Children’s Health Insurance Program funds to address behavioral health in schools (see S. 3596), S575 [8FE]

——— authorize Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders (see S. 3686), S785 [17FE] (see H.R. 7249), H3895 [28MR]

——— award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to facilitate funding of community-based mental health and substance use disorder services and peer support programs (see S. 3688), S785 [17FE]

——— award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to schools and school-based health centers to increase number of behavioral health care providers in such schools and health centers (see S. 3704), S786 [17FE]

——— award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to schools and school-based health centers to increase number of mental health and substance use disorder care providers (see H.R. 7672), H4721 [6MY]

——— award grants to eligible crisis centers to provide follow-up services to individuals receiving suicide prevention and crisis intervention services (see H.R. 8391), H6623 [14JY]

——— award grants to eligible entities to provide community-based mental health services in communities in which active shooter event or incident of targeted violence occurred (see H.R. 7537), H4448 [18AP]

——— award grants to establish, operate, or expand one-stop crisis facilities (see H.R. 8979), H8112 [22SE]

——— award grants to States to dispatch mental health professionals in lieu of police for emergencies involving persons with mental illness or intellectual developmental disability (H.R. 8542), consideration (see H. Res. 1377), H8064 [21SE]

——— award grants to States to hire, train, and dispatch mental health professionals in lieu of law enforcement to respond to emergencies involving persons with mental illness or intellectual developmental disability (see H.R. 7254), H3895 [28MR] (see H.R. 8542), H7255 [27JY]

——— award grants to States to provide safety measures to social workers, health workers, and human services professionals in high-risk and potentially dangerous situations (see S. 4412), S2968 [15JN] (see H.R. 8492), H7168 [26JY]

——— conduct outreach campaign to inform individuals covered under group health plan or individual health insurance coverage of Federal requirements relative to mental health and substance use disorder crisis services (see H.R. 8892), H7965 [19SE]

——— conduct research to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth from child abuse and neglect, include such demographics in child abuse reports, and train personnel on meeting needs of such youth (see H.R. 7644), H4713 [3MY]

——— conduct study on direct and indirect cost of serious mental illness for nongovernmental entities, Federal, State, local, and Tribal governments (see H.R. 7483), H4433 [7AP]

——— create educational materials relative to covered disorders for elementary and secondary school students (see H.R. 9689), H10055 [22DE]

——— develop best practices for establishment and use of behavioral intervention teams at schools (see S. 5325), S9625 [20DE]

——— ensure mental and behavioral health education and training grants may be used for training to increase skills and capacity to meet needs of children and adolescents who have experienced trauma (see S. 5310), S9625 [20DE]

——— establish fentanyl lethality awareness campaign, establish Federal Interagency Work Group on Fentanyl Contamination of Illegal Drugs, and provide grants to mitigate effects of drug misuse (see S. 4358), S2865 [8JN] (see H.R. 9221), H8409 [21OC]

——— establish grant program to promote comprehensive mental health and suicide prevention efforts in high schools (see S. 3628), S646 [10FE]

——— establish grant programs to help health care providers expand mental, emotional, behavioral, and substance use disorder health services for chidren and youth (see S. 4472), S3159 [23JN]

——— establish grant programs to improve health and positive youth development impacts of youth sports participation (see H.R. 8552), H7403 [28JY]

——— establish home-based telemental health care demonstration program to increase mental health services in rural medically underserved populations and in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations (see S. 3937), S1803 [28MR]

——— establish interactive online dashboard to allow public to review information for Federal grant funding relative to mental health programs (see H.R. 8657), H7551 [5AU]

——— establish Mental Health Licensure Portability Program to award grants to incentivize interstate mental health provider networks (see S. 4058), S2092 [7AP]

——— expand and intensify surveillance of self-harm in partnership with State and local public health departments and provide grants for self-harm and suicide prevention services in hospital emergency departments (see S. 4448), S3075 [22JN]

——— extend National Alzheimer’s Project (see S. 4203), S2492 [12MY] (see H.R. 7775), H4970 [13MY]

——— identify and address barriers to coverage of remote physiologic devices under State Medicaid programs to improve maternal and child health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women (see H.R. 9546), H9852 [14DE]

——— improve pediatric mental health care access grant program (see S. 3864), S1253 [17MR]

——— issue guidance on strategies under Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program to increase mental health and substance use disorder care provider education, training, recruitment, and retention (see S. 5043), S5542 [29SE]

——— maintain National Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Clearinghouse (see H.R. 8745), H7726 [26AU]

——— make certain improvements to block grants for substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery services (see H.R. 7235), H3894 [28MR]

——— prevent and address misuse of opioids and other drugs commonly used in pain management or injury recovery by students and student athletes (see S. 3940), S1803 [28MR] (see H.R. 7246), H3895 [28MR]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds to purchase sterile needles or syringes for injection of illegal drugs, or for pipes, or other paraphernalia that can be used to smoke, inhale, or ingest narcotics (see S. 3645), S674 [14FE] (see H.R. 6744), H1123 [15FE]

——— provide grants to communities for evidence-based gun violence intervention and prevention programs (H.R. 4118), consideration (see H. Res. 1377), H8064 [21SE]

——— provide support for bereavement services (see H.R. 9109), H8371 [30SE]

——— reauthorize and improve block grants for prevention and treatment of substance abuse (see S. 4301), S2708 [25MY]

——— reauthorize certain mental health, suicide prevention, and crisis care programs (see H.R. 7237), H3894 [28MR]

——— reauthorize certain mental health programs (see S. 4170), S2419 [10MY]

——— reauthorize certain mental health programs for children (see H.R. 7248), H3895 [28MR]

——— reauthorize certain programs relative to mental health and substance use disorders (see H.R. 7666), H4721 [6MY]

——— reauthorize certain programs relative to mental health and substance use disorders (H.R. 7666), consideration (see H. Res. 1191), H5733 [21JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs relative to mental health conditions and substance use disorders (see H.R. 7234), H3894 [28MR]

——— reauthorize community mental health services block grant program (see H.R. 7241), H3895 [28MR]

——— reauthorize grant program for screening, assessment, and treatment services for maternal mental health and substance use disorders (see S. 3824), S1153 [14MR] (see H.R. 7073), H3742 [15MR]

——— reauthorize pediatric mental health care access grant program (see H.R. 7076), H3742 [15MR]

——— reauthorize program for infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment (see S. 5266), S7251 [15DE]

——— reauthorize programs supporting community-based youth and young adult suicide prevention efforts (see S. 4271), S2620 [19MY] (see H.R. 7255), H3895 [28MR]

——— revise opioid treatment program admission criteria to eliminate requirement that patients have been addicted for at least 1 year prior to being admitted for treatment (see H.R. 7238), H3894 [28MR]

——— support behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in school-based behavioral workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits (see H.R. 7780), H5009 [16MY]

——— support behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in school-based behavioral workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits (H.R. 7780), consideration (see H. Res. 1396), H8219 [28SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish task force on prevention of suicide by U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel (see H.R. 9550), H9852 [14DE]

——— provide behavioral health support to U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel (see H.R. 9398), H8708 [1DE]

Dept. of HUD: authorize grant program to assist State and local governments, Continuums of Care, and community-based organizations that administer health and homelessness services to better coordinate those services (see S. 4482), S3159 [23JN] (see H.R. 7716), H4860 [11MY]

——— provide funding to affordable housing owners for resident supportive services (see H.R. 6602), H975 [4FE]

Dept. of Justice: develop and implement national standards for use of solitary confinement in correctional facilities (see H.R. 8048), H5486 [13JN]

——— develop crisis intervention training tools for use by first responders for interacting with persons with traumatic brain injury, another form of acquired brain injury, or post-traumatic stress disorder (see S. 4286), S2620 [19MY]

——— direct Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program to carry out grant program to provide assistance to police departments with fewer than 200 law enforcement officers (see S. 3860), S1253 [17MR] (see H.R. 6448), H288 [20JA]

——— direct Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program to carry out grant program to provide assistance to police departments with fewer than 200 law enforcement officers (H.R. 6448), consideration (see H. Res. 1377), H8064 [21SE]

——— direct National Institute of Justice to collect, study, and analyze online content created by mass shooters to early identify potential mass shooters (see H.R. 9441), H8800 [6DE]

——— establish grant program to combat repeat alcohol-related criminal offenses and to sustain and expand existing 24-7 sobriety programs (see H.R. 8209), H5877 [23JN]

——— establish Green Alert communications network throughout U.S. to help locate missing at-risk veterans and coordinate with other Federal, State, and local agencies on Green Alert plans (see H.R. 9590), H9902 [15DE]

——— establish pilot program to provide grants to community mental health centers for placement of social workers with law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 8613), H7538 [29JY]

——— make grants to State, local, and tribal governments to pursue innovative policing reform (see S. 5207), S7034 [7DE]

——— propose program to make treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder available to public safety officers (see S. 4007), S1981 [5AP] (see H.R. 8058), H5546 [14JN]

——— reauthorize Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (see S. 3846), S1225 [16MR] (see H.R. 8166), H5733 [21JN]

——— reauthorize Missing Americans Alert Program also known as Kevin and Avonte’s Law (see S. 4885), S4822 [19SE] (see H.R. 8907), H7965 [19SE]

Dept. of Labor: expand definition of supportive services to include mental health treatment, substance use disorder treatment, and Internet access (see H.R. 7406), H4191 [5AP]

——— issue occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care and social service employers to adopt comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (see S. 4182), S2449 [11MY]

——— promulgate occupational safety and health standard on reducing threat of violence in workplaces (see H.R. 7540), H4448 [18AP]

——— provide for civil monetary penalties for insurance companies for violations of mental health parity requirements (see S. 4804), S4514 [8SE]

——— provide for enforcement of mental health and substance abuse disorder parity requirements (see H.R. 7767), H4970 [13MY]

——— require action plan within Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act one-stop delivery system to meet needs of individuals who have experienced trauma, mental health challenges, or substance use disorder (see H.R. 7921), H5227 [31MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish internship programs relative to behavioral health (see H.R. 8386), H6623 [14JY]

——— expand access to Veterans Community Care Program to include certain veterans seeking mental health or substance-use services and toxic-exposed veterans (see S. 5348), S9779 [21DE]

——— furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to certain veterans with traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 7316), H4071 [31MR]

——— improve authority to hire psychiatrists (see H.R. 8100), H5644 [16JN]

——— improve coordination between Veterans Health Administration and Veterans Benefits Administration on claims for compensation arising from military sexual trauma (see H.R. 7335), H4072 [31MR]

——— improve hearings before Board of Veterans’ Appeals regarding claims involving military sexual trauma (see H.R. 6961), H1329 [7MR]

——— include services relative to mental health and neurological disorders in family caregiver program (see S. 3964), S1867 [30MR]

——— make certain improvements in mental health care (see H.R. 6411), H216 [18JA]

——— make certain improvements relative to mental health and suicide prevention outreach to minority veterans (see S. 5181), S6962 [5DE]

——— prohibit imposition or collection of copayments for certain mental health outpatient care visits of veterans (see S. 4951), S5051 [27SE] (see H.R. 7589), H4510 [26AP]

——— provide for peer support specialists for claimants who are survivors of military sexual trauma (see S. 4441), S3075 [22JN]

——— provide for policy on medicinal cannabis (see H.R. 6991), H1373 [8MR]

——— provide for retroactive payment of benefits for veterans with covered mental health conditions based on military sexual trauma (see H.R. 9164), H8390 [11OC]

——— request President and direct Sec. of Veterans Affairs to transmit documents to House of Representatives on veterans wait times to receive health and specialty care appointments (see H. Res. 1379), H8065 [21SE]

Depts. of Education and HHS: make awards to increase or improve access to comprehensive mental and behavioral health services for individuals exposed to violent encounters involving law enforcement personnel (see H.R. 8914), H8009 [20SE]

——— study impact of coronavirus on mental health of educators and award grants to implement or improve health and wellness programs for educators (see H.R. 9475), H8873 [8DE]

Disasters: provide for mental health and substance use disorder services in response to public health emergencies (see S. 3476), S159 [11JA]

Diseases and disorders: raise awareness of impact of coronavirus on bereaved children (see H. Res. 967), H1329 [7MR]

Dr. John E. Fryer Day: designate (see S. Res. 574), S1911 [31MR] (see H. Res. 1019), H4073 [31MR]

Drugs: amend laws relative to registration of opioid treatment programs to increase stakeholder input from relevant communities and ensure such programs are treating patients in need (see H.R. 8917), H8009 [20SE]

——— amend program for local substance use disorder services (see S. 3632), S647 [10FE]

Education: express support for whole child approach to education and recognize role of parents, educators, and community members in providing whole child approach to education for each student (see H. Res. 1162), H5446 [9JN]

Educator Mental Health Awareness Week: designate (see H. Res. 1141), H5214 [24MY]

Employment: permit leave for employee to meet their needs relative to being victim of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking (see H.R. 9125), H8377 [4OC]

FBI: require trauma-informed experts be part of child interviews for investigations of child sexual exploitation or abuse, production of child sexual abuse material, or child trafficking (see S. 4926), S4969 [22SE] (see H.R. 9043), H8314 [29SE]

Federal aid programs: provide funding or innovations in community policing, mental health care, and community safety (see S. 4513), S3269 [13JY]

Firearms: improve National Instant Criminal Background Check System procedures for firearm transfers by federally licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, and dealers and report on default firearm transfers (see H.R. 8126), H5645 [16JN]

——— prevent suicide by giving people more control over their own lethal means purchase decisions through creation of voluntary purchase delay database (see H.R. 8361), H6334 [13JY]

FTC: identify content-agnostic platform interventions to reduce harm of algorithmic amplification and social media addiction on covered platforms (see S. 3608), S612 [9FE]

Health: address high prevalence of mental health conditions and substance use disorders by making historic financial investments and acknowledging mental health as priority equal to physical health (see S. Res. 518), S786 [17FE]

——— declare gun violence public health crisis (see H. Res. 1165), H5446 [9JN]

——— ensure mental health and substance use disorder benefits are defined pursuant to external benchmarks based on nationally recognized standards (see H.R. 8886), H7964 [19SE]

——— remove terms ‘‘mentally retarded’’ and ‘‘mental retardation’’ from Federal law (see H.R. 8863), H7881 [15SE]

Health care professionals: express support for, and condemn assaults on, health care personnel as U.S. health care system faces unprecedented staffing shortages and increased workplace related stressors (see H. Res. 909), H976 [4FE]

——— support behavioral health integration into primary care practices (see S. 4306), S2708 [25MY]

Immigration: limit ability to take into account mental health of applicant for asylum (see H.R. 8119), H5644 [16JN]

——— request President and direct Secs. of HHS and Homeland Security to transmit certain documents to House of Representatives relative to unaccompanied alien children (see H. Res. 1343), H7784 [13SE]

Insurance: clarify applicability of certain parity provisions to mental health and substance use disorder telehealth benefits (see H.R. 8229), H5918 [24JN]

——— establish special enrollment period for families of individuals who died by suicide and competitive grant program to provide services and support to those impacted by suicide (see H.R. 8680), H7552 [5AU]

——— provide for certain number of primary care and behavioral health care visits without application of any cost-sharing requirement (see S. 4905), S4912 [21SE]

——— require audits on accuracy of health plan directory information, establish higher standards for mental health provider adequacy, and educate consumers on mental health parity law rights (see S. 5093), S6695 [15NO]

——— strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits (see S. 4616), S3694 [26JY] (see H.R. 8512), H7169 [26JY]

Interagency Coordinator for Behavioral Health: establish to coordinate mental health programs and activities of the Federal Government (see S. 3696), S786 [17FE]

International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1128), H5097 [17MY]

Interscholastic Athletic Administrators’ Day: observance (see S. Res. 486), S118 [10JA] (see S. Res. 872), S7200 [14DE] (see H. Res. 1511), H8824 [7DE]

Languages: increase language access to mental health services at certain health centers (see S. 4677), S3782 [28JY]

Law enforcement: provide for training on alternatives to use of force, de-escalation, and behavioral health and suicidal crisis (see S. 4003), S1981 [5AP] (see H.R. 8637), H7544 [2AU]

——— provide for training on alternatives to use of force, de-escalation, and behavioral health and suicidal crisis (S. 4003), consideration (see H. Res. 1518), H9851 [14DE]

Law enforcement officers: authorize public safety officer death benefits to officers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder (see S. 3635), S647 [10FE] (see H.R. 6943), H1328 [7MR]

——— strengthen collection of data regarding interactions between law enforcement officers and individuals with disabilities (see S. 5107), S6740 [16NO]

Medicaid: establish demonstration project testing whole child health models (see S. 5011), S5541 [29SE] (see H.R. 9037), H8314 [29SE]

——— expand availability of mental, emotional, and behavioral health services (see S. 4498), S3160 [23JN] (see S. 4747), S3862 [2AU] (see H.R. 7236), H3894 [28MR]

——— improve outcomes for beneficiaries with major depressive disorder or other mental health conditions (see S. 4633), S3743 [27JY]

——— make certain information available on public website relative to preventing abuse and neglect of individuals with intellectual disabilities at intermediate care facilities (see S. 4593), S3611 [21JY] (see H.R. 8468), H7066 [21JY]

——— make permanent State plan amendment option to provide medical assistance for certain patients in mental institutions (see H.R. 7378), H4152 [4AP]

——— provide for requirements for health screenings and referrals for certain juveniles in public institutions and require guidance to improve delivery of health care services in schools (see H.R. 7233), H3894 [28MR]

——— provide States with option to provide medical assistance to individuals between ages of 22 and 64 for inpatient services to treat substance use disorders at certain facilities (see H.R. 7156), H3852 [18MR]

——— remove coverage exclusion for inmates in custody pending disposition of charges (see H.R. 6636), H1013 [7FE]

——— remove exclusion from medical assistance for items and services for patients in mental institutions (see H.R. 7803), H5097 [17MY]

——— support provision of treatment family care services (see S. 3761), S991 [3MR]

Medicare: clarify meaning of psychiatric rehabilitation services under demonstration programs to improve community mental health services (see H.R. 9499), H9688 [12DE]

——— ensure adequate coverage of outpatient mental health services (see H.R. 8878), H7964 [19SE]

——— establish demonstration program to promote collaborative treatment of mental and physical health comorbidities (see S. 8), S6778 [17NO] (see H.R. 9328), H8586 [17NO]

——— expand access to psychological and behavioral services (see S. 5272), S7252 [15DE] (see H.R. 9577), H9901 [15DE]

——— expand eligibility for incentives under health professional shortage area bonus program to practitioners furnishing mental health and substance use disorder services (see S. 5042), S5542 [29SE]

——— improve access to opioid use disorder treatment services (see S. 4618), S3694 [26JY]

——— improve prospective payment system for psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric units (see H.R. 8879), H7964 [19SE]

——— increase access to mental health programs for physicians (see S. 5062), S5542 [29SE]

——— provide coverage and coding for qualified psychologist services furnished by advanced psychology trainees (see S. 5061), S5542 [29SE]

——— provide for distribution of additional residency positions in psychiatry and subspecialties (see S. 5041), S5541 [29SE]

——— provide outreach and reporting on certain behavioral health integration services (see H.R. 8910), H8009 [20SE]

——— remove in-person requirements for mental health services furnished through telehealth and telecommunications technology (see S. 4965), S5052 [27SE] (see H.R. 8497), H7168 [26JY]

——— require complete and accurate data submissions from Medicare Advantage organizations offering plans under Part C to improve transparency (see H.R. 9019), H8221 [28SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage of prescription digital therapeutics for treatment of mental health and substance use disorders (see S. 3791), S1118 [10MR] (see H.R. 7051), H1423 [9MR]

Mental Health Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 662), S2814 [7JN] (see H. Res. 1093), H4722 [6MY]

National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day: designate (see H. Res. 1098), H4797 [10MY]

National Concussion Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 766), S4639 [15SE]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: establish occupational research program on mental health (see H.R. 8887), H7964 [19SE]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 703), S3239 [12JY] (see H. Res. 1206), H5919 [24JN]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 703), S3239 [12JY] (see H. Res. 1206), H5919 [24JN]

National Recovery Month: designate (see S. Res. 778), S4857 [20SE]

National Rural Mental Health Day: designate (see H. Res. 1485), H8588 [17NO]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see S. Res. 516), S707 [15FE] (see H.J. Res. 70), H1013 [7FE]

National School Psychology Week: designate (see S. Res. 843), S6779 [17NO] (see H. Res. 1441), H8409 [21OC]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 603), S2219 [28AP]

National Specialized Instructional Support Personnel Appreciation Week: designate (see S. Res. 604), S2219 [28AP] (see H. Res. 1063), H4510 [26AP]

National Student Athlete Mental Health Week: designate (see H. Res. 1423), H8378 [4OC]

National Warrior Call Day: designate (see S. Res. 754), S4514 [8SE]

NIH: require annual budget estimate for initiatives pursuant to reports and recommendations made under National Alzheimer’s Project Act (see S. 4202), S2492 [12MY] (see H.R. 7773), H4970 [13MY]

NSF: award grants to support research on disruption of regular cognitive processes associated with coronavirus infection (see S. 4014), S2040 [6AP] (see H.R. 7180), H3858 [21MR]

Nurses: recognize important role forensic nurses play in supporting survivors and addressing violence (see H. Res. 938), H1140 [22FE]

Older Americans Mental Health Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 657), S2752 [26MY]

Presidents of the U.S.: authorize President to provide professional counseling services to victims of emergencies declared under Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (see S. 3677), S785 [17FE]

School Social Work Week: designate (see H. Res. 965), H1329 [7MR]

Schools: increase funding for school resource officers, mental health guidance counselors, hardening of schools, and active shooter and intervention training for law enforcement, school officials, and students (see H.R. 7966), H5332 [7JN]

——— increase funding to secure schools and improve access to mental health and crisis care (see H.R. 8180), H5822 [22JN]

——— increase number of resource officers and school-based mental health professionals and provide grants to improve physical security of schools (see S. 4845), S4619 [14SE]

——— increase physical security and access to mental health resources (see H.R. 9001), H8220 [28SE]

——— recognize harm associated with use of restraints in schools (see H. Res. 1487), H8588 [17NO]

——— require elementary schools and secondary schools that receive Federal funds to obtain parental consent before facilitating child’s gender transition in any form (see H.R. 8170), H5822 [22JN]

Ships and vessels: authorize nonpecuniary damages in action resulting from cruise ship voyage occurring on high seas (see S. 4034), S2091 [7AP]

Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 567), S1867 [30MR]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: establish office to coordinate work on behavioral health crisis care and improve National Suicide Prevention Lifeline program (see S. 4871), S4638 [15SE]

——— extend residential treatment program for pregnant and postpartum women pilot program (see S. 5285), S7252 [15DE]

——— improve implementation of National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (see H.R. 7116), H3826 [17MR] (see H.R. 7232), H3894 [28MR]

——— reauthorize and improve program for youth mental health awareness training grants (see S. 4461), S3159 [23JN] (see H.R. 8722), H7712 [16AU]

——— require States receiving block grant for substance use prevention and treatment to describe efforts to promote work to improve mental health and well-being (see H.R. 8523), H7254 [27JY]

Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week: designate (see H. Res. 1107), H4861 [11MY]

Taxation: provide for credit for expenses for translational research regarding neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric conditions (see H.R. 7279), H3970 [29MR]

Trauma: improve identification and support of children and families who experience trauma (see H.R. 9580), H9901 [15DE]

21st Century Cures Act: amend State Opioid Response Grants program (see H.R. 7189), H3858 [21MR]

Victims of Child Abuse Act: reauthorize (see S. 3975), S1910 [31MR] (see H.R. 7419), H4396 [6AP]

World Down Syndrome Month: designate (see S. Res. 554), S1270 [21MR]

World Mental Health Day: designate (see S. Res. 831), S6695 [15NO]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 567), S1867 [30MR]

Year of the Parents: designate (see H. Res. 1117), H4971 [13MY]

Cost Estimates

Mental Health Matters Act (H.R. 7780): CBO, E1007 [30SE]

Essays

State of the Union: Anna Pringle, S1152 [14MR]

——— Isabelle Tupper, S1152 [14MR]

——— Samantha Haselman, S1152 [14MR]

Factsheets

Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity: Center for American Progress (excerpt), H1321 [7MR]

Letters

Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: Jonathan Thompson, National Sheriffs’ Association, S3142 [23JN]

Break the Cycle of Violence Act: several organizations, H8074 [22SE]

Dept. of Justice Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program reauthorization: Loretta Rush, Conference of Chief Justices and Karl Hade, Conference of State Court Administrators, H8620 [29NO]

——— Patrick Yoes, National Fraternal Order of Police, H8620 [29NO]

——— several organizations, H8621 [29NO]

Invest To Protect Act: Patrick Yoes, National Fraternal Order of Police, H8090 [22SE]

Keep Kids Fed Act: Indivar Dutta-Gupta, Center for Law and Social Policy, H5894 [24JN]

——— Ray Hart, Council of the Great City Schools, H5894 [24JN]

Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act: David H. Safavian, American Conservative Union, H8617 [29NO], H9836 [14DE]

——— Jeri Williams, Major Cities Chiefs Association, H8617 [29NO], H9835 [14DE]

——— Michael Ranatza, Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association, H9835 [14DE]

——— Patrick Yoes, National Fraternal Order of Police, H8617 [29NO], H9835 [14DE]

——— several faith-based organizations, H8616 [29NO]

——— several mental health organizations, H8618 [29NO]

——— several organizations, H9836 [14DE]

Mental Health Justice Act: John J. Flynn, National District Attorneys Association, H8084 [22SE]

Mental Health Matters Act: Edwin S. Jayne, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H8241 [29SE]

——— Kathleen Minke, National Association of School Psychologists, H8240 [29SE]

——— Marc Egan, National Education Association, H8240 [29SE]

——— several mental health organizations, H8241 [29SE]

Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act: Representative Nadler, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H5774 [22JN]

——— Representative Pallone, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H5774 [22JN]

Lists

Proposed gun violence prevention legislation, H5905 [24JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on Demings amendment to H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, H5805 [22JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on Griffith amendment to H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, H5807 [22JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1191, consideration of H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, H5752 [22JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1204, consideration of Senate amendment to S. 2089, Keep Kids Fed Act, H5891 [24JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1204, consideration of Senate amendment to S. 2938, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, H5891 [24JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1377, consideration of H.R. 4118, Break the Cycle of Violence Act, H8081 [22SE]

Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1377, consideration of H.R. 6448, Invest To Protect Act, H8081 [22SE]

Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1377, consideration of H.R. 8542, Mental Health Justice Act, H8081 [22SE]

Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1396, consideration of H.R. 7780, Mental Health Matters Act, H8179 [28SE]

Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1518, consideration of S. 4003, Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act, H9752 [14DE]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 2724, Dept. of Veterans Affairs peer support specialists for claimants who are survivors of military sexual trauma, H5169 [18MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 2992, Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (TBI and PTSD) Law Enforcement Training Act, H5167 [18MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 4118, Break the Cycle of Violence Act, H8103 [22SE]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 5407, Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act, H5855 [23JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 5768, Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods (VICTIM) Act, H8103 [22SE]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 6064, Dept. of Veterans Affairs agreement with National Academies to review exams of individuals who submit claims for mental and physical conditions linked to military sexual trauma, H5143 [18MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 6448, Invest To Protect Act, H8101 [22SE]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 6493, Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act, H5856 [23JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 6943, Public Safety Officer Support Act, H5168 [18MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 6961, improve hearings before Board of Veterans’ Appeals regarding claims involving military sexual trauma, H5142 [18MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 7180, COVID–19 Cognitive Research Act, H7145 [26JY]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 7335, MST Claims Coordination Act, H5141 [18MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, H5807 [22JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 7780, Mental Health Matters Act, H8268 [29SE]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 8542, Mental Health Justice Act, H8102 [22SE]

Votes recorded by proxy on McClain motion to recommit H.R. 7780, Mental Health Matters Act, H8267 [29SE]

Votes recorded by proxy on Pallone amendment to H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, H5804, H5805 [22JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 1191, consideration of H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, H5751 [22JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 1204, consideration of Senate amendment to S. 2089, Keep Kids Fed Act, H5890 [24JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 1204, consideration of Senate amendment to S. 2938, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, H5890 [24JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 1396, consideration of H.R. 7780, Mental Health Matters Act, H8178 [28SE]

Votes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 1518, consideration of S. 4003, Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act, H9752 [14DE]

Votes recorded by proxy on Rodgers amendment to H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, H5806 [22JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on S. 2089, Keep Kids Fed Act, H5854 [23JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on S. 3846, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program reauthorization, H8644 [29NO]

Votes recorded by proxy on S. 4003, Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act, H8642 [29NO], H9841 [14DE]

Votes recorded by proxy on S. 4926, Respect for Child Survivors Act, H9976 [21DE]

Votes recorded by proxy on Senate amendment to S. 2938, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, H5915 [24JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on Speier amendment to H.R. 7900, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H6590 [14JY]

Motions

Dept. of HHS: support behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in school-based behavioral workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits (H.R. 7780), H8252 [29SE]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (S. 3846), S7185 [14DE]

Joseph Woodrow Hatchett U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building, Tallahassee, FL: designate (S. 2938), H5903 [24JN]

Press releases

Bipartisan ‘Keep Kids Fed Act’ Would Prevent Millions of Children From Going Hungry: Cassidy Pont, Save the Children Federation, Inc., H5894 [24JN]

Feeding America Applauds Bi-Partisan Step To Extend Child Nutrition Waivers: Vince Hall, Feeding America (organization), H5894 [24JN]

Hungry Children Can’t Wait—Congress Must Act Quickly To Pass Critical Legislation, H5839 [23JN]

Keep Kids Fed Act: Lisa Davis, Share Our Strength (organization), H5839 [23JN]

Protect Nutrition Security for Children: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, H5893 [24JN]

SNA Urges Passage of School Meals Agreement: School Nutrition Association, H5894 [24JN]

Remarks in House

Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month: observance, H5451 [13JN], H5591, H5592 [15JN], H5744 [22JN], H8547 [17NO]

Armed Forces: improve process by which member may be referred for mental health evaluation (H.R. 3942), H9708 [13DE]

Bebe Moore Campbell BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month: observance, E771 [21JY]

Biden, President: State of the Union Message, H1334 [8MR]

Brain Donation Awareness Day: designate (H. Res. 1069), E432 [28AP]

CDC: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control funding, H6667 [15JY]

Children and youth: address child poverty, H5603, H5604 [15JN]

——— address mental health issues for youth, particularly youth of color (H.R. 1475), H8049 [21SE]

——— address national crisis of suicide among minority adolescents (H. Res. 1217), E771 [21JY]

——— prohibit funding for gender reassignment surgery, H9706 [13DE]

——— prohibit gender affirming care on minors (H.R. 8731), H8109 [22SE]

——— provide grants to improve trauma support services and mental health care for children and youth in educational settings, H8239 [29SE]

Congress: legislative priorities, H8051 [21SE]

Correctional institutions: require access for inmates to counseling services relative to postpartum health conditions, H8693 [1DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend certain child nutrition waiver authority relative to school meals, H5341 [8JN], H5838–H5840 [23JN], H5883, H5884, H5892–H5895 [24JN]

——— extend certain child nutrition waiver authority relative to school meals (H.R. 8150), H5831 [23JN]

Dept. of Defense: carry out pilot program to pre-program suicide prevention resources into smart devices issued to Armed Forces members, H5787, H5788 [22JN]

——— direct Inspector General to publish report on suicide, suicide prevention, and response within Navy on installations and ships, including ships undergoing refueling and complex overhaul, E736 [14JY]

——— establish grant program to study use of psychedelic treatments for veterans and servicemembers with post-traumatic stress disorder, H6264 [13JY]

——— establish voluntary pilot program to provide secure storage or safety devices for personally owned firearms for purpose of suicide prevention, H6305 [13JY]

——— review all installation-level web information about suicide prevention and behavioral health and ensure contact information is up to date, H6330 [13JY]

Dept. of Education: assessment of guidance used to reopen schools relative to coronavirus pandemic, H4123 [1AP]

——— effectively staff high-need public elementary and secondary schools with school-based mental health services providers, H8239 [29SE]

——— improve mental health services for students (H.R. 787), H8237 [29SE]

——— promote comprehensive college campus mental health and suicide prevention plans (H.R. 5407), H5840–H5842 [23JN], H6876 [19JY], E662 [23JN]

——— provide grants for institutions of higher education to prevent alcohol and substance misuse (H.R. 6493), H5842–H5845 [23JN], E662 [23JN]

——— study student mental health at institutions of higher education and issue guidance on compliance with Americans With Disabilities Act for mental health and substance use disorder policies, H8250 [29SE]

——— study student mental health at institutions of higher education and issue guidance on compliance with Americans With Disabilities Act for mental health and substance use disorder policies (H.R. 7370), H5491 [14JN], H7156 [26JY]

Dept. of HHS: address mental and behavioral health and well-being of health care professionals working on front lines of coronavirus emergency or other pandemic, natural disaster, or crisis (H.R. 1667), H6876 [19JY], E767 [21JY]

——— award grants to establish or expand programs to implement evidence-aligned practices in health care settings to reduce suicide rates of covered individuals (H.R. 5035), H226 [19JA]

——— award grants to States to dispatch mental health professionals in lieu of police for emergencies involving persons with mental illness or intellectual developmental disability (H.R. 8542), consideration (H. Res. 1377), H8069–H8081 [22SE]

——— award grants to States to hire, train, and dispatch mental health professionals in lieu of law enforcement to respond to emergencies involving persons with mental illness or intellectual developmental disability (H.R. 8542), H8081–H8085 [22SE], H8226 [29SE], H8322 [30SE], E972 [22SE]

——— condition certain grants on States, local educational agencies, and tribes implementing school-based student suicide awareness and prevention training policy (S. 1543), H1158, H1159 [28FE]

——— conduct research on smartphone and social media use by adolescents and effects of such use on emotional and behavioral health, H5778 [22JN]

——— develop best practices for establishment and use of behavioral intervention teams at schools, H5747, H5793, H5794 [22JN]

——— ensure maternal mental health hotline officials consult State and local officials who administer programs serving pregnant and postpartum individuals, H5782 [22JN]

——— ensure States and other eligible entities can utilize Community Services Block Grant Program funds to address behavioral health needs, H4944 [13MY]

——— enter agreement with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct study on quality and effectiveness of covered recovery housing in the U.S., H5781 [22JN]

——— establish programs to address addiction and overdoses caused by illicit fentanyl and other opioids (H.R. 2366), H39 [11JA], H1157 [28FE]

——— establish Task Force on Maternal Mental Health, H5781 [22JN]

——— improve detection, prevention, and treatment of mental health issues among public safety officers, H5787 [22JN]

——— improve pediatric mental health care access grant program, H5779 [22JN]

——— increase uptake of collaborative care model for treating behavioral health, H5778 [22JN]

——— make certain improvements to block grants for substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery services, H5775 [22JN]

——— provide better protections and support for children raised by grandparents or other kinship families outside foster care system due to parental drug or alcohol abuse (H.R. 2747), H7976 [20SE]

——— provide grants to communities for evidence-based gun violence intervention and prevention programs, H5911 [24JN]

——— provide grants to communities for evidence-based gun violence intervention and prevention programs (H.R. 4118), H8090–H8096 [22SE], H8226 [29SE], H8322 [30SE], E972 [22SE]

——— provide grants to communities for evidence-based gun violence intervention and prevention programs (H.R. 4118), consideration (H. Res. 1377), H8069–H8081 [22SE]

——— reauthorize and expand State Opioid Response Grants program, H5791 [22JN]

——— reauthorize certain mental health programs for children, H5775 [22JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs relative to mental health and substance use disorders (H.R. 7666), H5633 [16JN], H5752–H5795, H5810, H5811 [22JN], H5835 [23JN], H5885 [24JN], H6876 [19JY], H8083 [22SE]

——— reauthorize certain programs relative to mental health and substance use disorders (H.R. 7666), consideration (H. Res. 1191), H5745–H5752 [22JN], E659 [23JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs relative to mental health and substance use disorders (H.R. 7666), corrections in engrossment, H5810 [22JN]

——— reauthorize grant program for screening, assessment, and treatment services for maternal mental health and substance use disorders, H5747, H5779 [22JN]

——— reauthorize programs supporting community-based youth and young adult suicide prevention efforts (H.R. 7255), H5737 [22JN]

——— require report to study rates of suicidal behaviors among children and adolescents with chronic illnesses, including substance use disorders, autoimmune disorders, and heritable blood disorders, H5787 [22JN]

——— revise and extend projects relative to children and violence and provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs, H5782, H5787 [22JN]

——— revise opioid treatment program admission criteria to eliminate requirement that patients have been addicted for at least 1 year prior to being admitted for treatment, H5779 [22JN]

——— support behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in school-based behavioral workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits (H.R. 7780), H8235–H8252 [29SE], E1007 [30SE]

——— support behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in school-based behavioral workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits (H.R. 7780), consideration (H. Res. 1396), H8170–H8179 [28SE]

Dept. of Justice: develop crisis intervention training tools for use by first responders for interacting with persons with traumatic brain injury, another form of acquired brain injury, or post-traumatic stress disorder (H.R. 2992), H4956 [13MY], H5117–H5119 [18MY]

——— direct Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program to carry out grant program to provide assistance to police departments with fewer than 200 law enforcement officers (H.R. 6448), H8085–H8090 [22SE], H8226 [29SE], H8322 [30SE], E972 [22SE]

——— direct Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program to carry out grant program to provide assistance to police departments with fewer than 200 law enforcement officers (H.R. 6448), consideration (H. Res. 1377), H8069–H8081 [22SE]

——— reauthorize Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (S. 3846), H8618–H8622 [29NO]

——— report on available mental health and stress related resources or programs that are available to law enforcement officers, H5792 [22JN]

Dept. of Labor: provide for enforcement of mental health and substance abuse disorder parity requirements, H8235, H8237 [29SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out program to provide technical assistance to States and American Indian and Alaska Native tribes for development of veteran suicide prevention activities (H.R. 5317), H5197 [19MY]

——— enter agreement with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to review exams of individuals who submit claims for mental and physical conditions linked to military sexual trauma (H.R. 6064), H5108, H5109 [18MY]

——— establish Zero Suicide Initiative pilot program (H.R. 6273), H224 [19JA]

——— furnish Vet Center counseling and mental health services to veterans and Armed Forces members using certain educational benefits, H5852 [23JN]

——— furnish Vet Center counseling and mental health services to veterans and Armed Forces members using certain educational benefits (H.R. 4233), H4951 [13MY]

——— improve coordination between Veterans Health Administration and Veterans Benefits Administration on claims for compensation arising from military sexual trauma (H.R. 7335), H5105–H5107 [18MY]

——— improve hearings before Board of Veterans’ Appeals regarding claims involving military sexual trauma (H.R. 6961), H5107, H5108 [18MY]

——— inform new veterans of medical care and services for which they are eligible, H59, H60 [12JA]

——— make certain improvements in mental health care (H.R. 6411), H5633 [16JN], H5845–H5853 [23JN], H8186, H8187 [28SE]

——— prohibit imposition or collection of copayments for certain mental health outpatient care visits of veterans (H.R. 7589), H8185, H8186 [28SE]

——— provide for peer support specialists for claimants who are survivors of military sexual trauma (H.R. 2724), H5109, H5110 [18MY]

——— suicide prevention coordinators funding, H6892 [20JY]

Disabled: prohibit discrimination on basis of mental or physical disability in cases of anatomical gifts and organ transplants (H.R. 1235), H8227 [29SE]

Diseases and disorders: impact of school mask mandates due to coronavirus pandemic on mental health of children, H983 [7FE]

Domestic policy: address mental health care crisis, H6875–H6878 [19JY]

Douglas County, CO: tribute to Northwest Douglas County Chamber & Economic Development Corp., ‘‘Women Who Soar’’ honorees, E917 [13SE]

Families and domestic relations: importance of traditional nuclear family structure and impact of public welfare programs on family breakdown and moral decline, H5406 [8JN], H5484 [13JN]

FBI: require trauma-informed experts be part of child interviews for investigations of child sexual exploitation or abuse, production of child sexual abuse material, or child trafficking (S. 4926), H9927–H9931 [21DE]

FCC: designate 9-8-8 as universal telephone number for national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operated through National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Veterans Crisis Line, H5813 [22JN], H6876 [19JY], H6903 [20JY], H6926 [21JY]

Firearms: address gun violence, improve record availability to National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and address mental illness in criminal justice system, H5836 [23JN], H5882, H5884–H5891, H5895, H5903–H5915 [24JN], E677 [28JN], E687 [1JY]

First Focus Campaign for Children Inc.: tribute to Children’s Week, H5603, H5604 [15JN]

Health: address racial disparities in receiving health care in communities of color, H1317–H1322 [7MR]

——— address rising suicide rates, H7080 [26JY], E125 [8FE]

——— galvanize U.S. programs in support of brain health for global victims of autism, hydrocephalus, Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, E951 [19SE]

——— health care priorities funding, H3749 [16MR]

Health care professionals: tribute to service of health care workers during coronavirus pandemic, H3900 [29MR]

Insurance: strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits, H1180 [1MR]

International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1128), E569 [31MY]

Lane Change, Inc.: tribute, E162 [18FE]

Law enforcement: provide for training on alternatives to use of force, de-escalation, and behavioral health and suicidal crisis (S. 4003), H8612–H8618 [29NO], H9831–H9837 [14DE]

——— provide for training on alternatives to use of force, de-escalation, and behavioral health and suicidal crisis (S. 4003), consideration (H. Res. 1518), H9745–H9752 [14DE], E1331 [21DE]

Law enforcement officers: authorize public safety officer death benefits to officers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder (H.R. 6943), H4956 [13MY], H5120–H5123 [18MY]

Medicare: remove in-person requirements for mental health services furnished through telehealth and telecommunications technology (H.R. 8497), H7194 [27JY]

Mental Health Awareness Month: observance, H4872 [12MY], H5103 [18MY]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: observance, H8321 [30SE]

Miami-Dade County, FL: Whispering Manes Therapeutic Riding Center opening of March Arena, E379 [11AP]

National Autism Awareness Month: observance, H4580 [28AP], E442 [29AP]

National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month: observance, H8321 [30SE]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: establish occupational research program on mental health, H8251 [29SE]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month: observance, H5491 [14JN], H5614 [16JN]

National Recovery Month: observance, H7976 [20SE]

National Suicide Awareness Month: observance, H8021 [21SE]

National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: observance, H8121 [28SE]

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: ensure provision of high-quality service, H5787 [22JN]

National Teen Mental Health Day: observance, H1180 [1MR]

National Therapy Animal Day: observance, E536 [19MY]

National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month: observance, E563 [27MY]

Native American Connections, Inc.: anniversary, E1177 [25NO]

New Jersey Dogs of Honor (organization): tribute to veteran service dog graduates, E551 [24MY]

New York: tribute to 16th Congressional District constituents supporting efforts to address youth mental health care crisis, H8052 [21SE]

NSF: award grants to support research on disruption of regular cognitive processes associated with coronavirus infection (H.R. 7180), H7101–H7103 [26JY]

O’Rear, Christina: Texas Crisis Intervention Team Association Mental Health Peace Officer of the Year award recipient, E626 [15JN]

School Social Work Week: designate (H. Res. 965), H1334 [8MR]

Schools: increase access to mental health resources, H5344 [8JN], H5553 [15JN]

——— increase funding for school resource officers, mental health guidance counselors, hardening of schools, and active shooter and intervention training for law enforcement, school officials, and students (H.R. 7966), H5371 [8JN], H5885–H5888 [24JN]

——— recognize harm associated with use of restraints in schools (H. Res. 1487), H8549 [17NO]

——— require written notice to parents of any mental health, or other social and emotional services offered to children, H8238, H8239 [29SE]

Stepping Stone, Inc.: funding, H3715 [15MR]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: funding, H6876 [19JY]

Transportation Security Administration: consult with Federal Air Marshal Service on issues regarding work schedules and shifts and equipment and training to address concerns relative to mental health and suicide, H4888 [12MY]

Victor Six Health and Fitness Organization: tribute, E451 [3MY]

Remarks in Senate

Biden, President: State of the Union Message, S926–S928 [2MR]

Bureau of Prisons: reform and address issues of safety and abuse of inmates, misconduct of staff, and mismanagement by leadership, S2879 [9JN]

——— reform use of solitary confinement and other forms of restrictive housing (S. 5038), S5548 [29SE]

Chicago, IL: tribute to Chicago HEAL (Hospital Engagement, Action and Leadership) Initiative, S2232 [2MY]

Children and youth: impact of proposed State laws on rights of individuals based on sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity, S1213 [16MR], S2076–S2078 [7AP]

——— provide families with tools, safeguards, and transparency needed to protect against threats to children’s health and well-being online (S. 3663), S2373 [9MY], S7095 [12DE], S7280 [19DE], S9748 [21DE]

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate): accomplishments, S9716–S9718 [21DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend certain child nutrition waiver authority relative to school meals, S3137 [23JN]

——— extend certain child nutrition waiver authority relative to school meals (S. 3979), S1912 [31MR], S2848 [8JN]

Dept. of HHS: address mental and behavioral health and well-being of health care professionals working on front lines of coronavirus emergency or other pandemic, natural disaster, or crisis (H.R. 1667), S800 [17FE]

——— empower communities to establish continuum of care for individuals experiencing mental or behavioral health crisis (S. 1902), S1049 [8MR]

——— establish fentanyl lethality awareness campaign, establish Federal Interagency Work Group on Fentanyl Contamination of Illegal Drugs, and provide grants to mitigate effects of drug misuse (S. 4358), S2802–S2804 [7JN]

——— expand and intensify surveillance of self-harm in partnership with State and local public health departments and provide grants for self-harm and suicide prevention services in hospital emergency departments (S. 4448), S3078 [22JN], S3360 [19JY]

——— extend National Alzheimer’s Project (S. 4203), S2494 [12MY]

——— reauthorize program for infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment (S. 5266), S7253 [15DE]

——— reauthorize programs supporting community-based youth and young adult suicide prevention efforts (S. 4271), S2623 [19MY], S3078 [22JN], S3360 [19JY]

——— State Opioid Response Grants program funding, S1111, S1112 [10MR]

Dept. of HUD: authorize grant program to assist State and local governments, Continuums of Care, and community-based organizations that administer health and homelessness services to better coordinate those services (S. 4482), S3164 [23JN]

Dept. of Justice: develop crisis intervention training tools for use by first responders for interacting with persons with traumatic brain injury, another form of acquired brain injury, or post-traumatic stress disorder (H.R. 2992), S3826 [1AU]

——— direct Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program to carry out grant program to provide assistance to police departments with fewer than 200 law enforcement officers (S. 3860), S3827, S3828 [1AU]

——— propose program to make treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder available to public safety officers (S. 4007), S2574 [18MY], S3826, S3827 [1AU]

——— reauthorize Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (S. 3846), S2480 [12MY], S2669 [24MY], S3149 [23JN], S5122 [28SE], S6952 [5DE]

——— reauthorize Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (S. 3846), House amendment, S7185 [14DE]

——— reauthorize Missing Americans Alert Program also known as Kevin and Avonte’s Law (S. 4885), S5031 [22SE]

——— reauthorize residential substance use disorder treatment program (S. 1046), S658 [14FE], S2480 [12MY], S4632 [15SE], S5122 [28SE], S6952 [5DE]

Dept. of Labor: issue occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care and social service employers to adopt comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (H.R. 1195), S2351, S2352 [5MY]

——— issue occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care and social service employers to adopt comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (H.R. 1195), unanimous-consent request, S2352 [5MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enter agreement with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to review exams of individuals who submit claims for mental and physical conditions linked to military sexual trauma (H.R. 6064), S7302 [19DE]

——— improve coordination between Veterans Health Administration and Veterans Benefits Administration on claims for compensation arising from military sexual trauma (H.R. 7335), S7302, S7303 [19DE]

——— improve hearings before Board of Veterans’ Appeals regarding claims involving military sexual trauma (H.R. 6961), S7302, S7303 [19DE]

——— provide for peer support specialists for claimants who are survivors of military sexual trauma (H.R. 2724), S7268 [15DE]

Drugs: amend program for local substance use disorder services (S. 3632), S773, S774 [17FE]

——— amend program for local substance use disorder services (S. 3632), unanimous-consent request, S773, S774 [17FE]

Family First Prevention Services Act: implementation, S1854 [30MR], S2356 [5MY], S3357 [19JY]

FBI: require trauma-informed experts be part of child interviews for investigations of child sexual exploitation or abuse, production of child sexual abuse material, or child trafficking (S. 4926), S7149 [13DE]

FCC: designate 9-8-8 as universal telephone number for national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operated through National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Veterans Crisis Line, S3359 [19JY]

Federal aid programs: provide funding or innovations in community policing, mental health care, and community safety (S. 4513), S3272 [13JY]

Firearms: address gun violence, improve record availability to National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and address mental illness in criminal justice system, S2776 [6JN], S2859–S2861 [8JN], S3017, S3021–S3024, S3027 [21JN], S3045, S3047, S3053–S3056, S3097 [22JN], S3101, S3102, S3105, S3110–S3118, S3120–S3143 [23JN]

——— gun control, S2880–S2882 [9JN], S2902, S2904–S2906 [13JN]

Health: address rising suicide rates, S3353, S3359 [19JY]

Health care facilities: expand Medicaid certified community behavioral health clinic demonstration program and authorize funding for additional grants to certified community behavioral health clinics (S. 2069), S1737–S1739 [23MR], S2882 [9JN]

Interscholastic Athletic Administrators’ Day: observance (S. Res. 486), S121 [10JA]

——— observance (S. Res. 872), S7185 [14DE]

Law enforcement: provide for training on alternatives to use of force, de-escalation, and behavioral health and suicidal crisis (S. 4003), S3829–S3835 [1AU], S6952 [5DE]

Law enforcement officers: authorize public safety officer death benefits to officers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder (H.R. 6943), S3826 [1AU], S3911 [3AU]

——— authorize public safety officer death benefits to officers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder (S. 3635), S2480 [12MY]

Medicare: ensure coverage of mental health services furnished through telehealth, S2356 [5MY]

——— improve access to opioid use disorder treatment services (S. 4618), S3696 [26JY]

Mental Health Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 662), S2839 [7JN]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day (S. Res. 703), S3243 [12JY]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 703), S3243 [12JY]

National Recovery Month: designate (S. Res. 778), S4878 [20SE]

National School Counseling Week: designate (S. Res. 516), S722 [15FE]

National School Psychology Week: designate (S. Res. 843), S6768 [17NO]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 603), S2213 [28AP]

National Specialized Instructional Support Personnel Appreciation Week: designate (S. Res. 604), S2291 [3MY]

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: ensure provision of high-quality service (S. 2425), S3078 [22JN], S3359 [19JY]

National Warrior Call Day: designate (S. Res. 754), S7040 [7DE]

NIH: require annual budget estimate for initiatives pursuant to reports and recommendations made under National Alzheimer’s Project Act (S. 4202), S2494 [12MY]

NSF: award grants to support research on disruption of regular cognitive processes associated with coronavirus infection (H.R. 7180), S9752 [21DE]

Older Americans Mental Health Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 657), S2737 [26MY]

Pennsylvania: tribute to ‘‘Resilence in the Face of Adversity’’ program honorees, S666–S668 [14FE]

Schools: increase number of resource officers and school-based mental health professionals and provide grants to improve physical security of schools (S. 4845), S4590–S4592 [14SE]

——— increase number of resource officers and school-based mental health professionals and provide grants to improve physical security of schools (S. 4845), unanimous-consent request, S4591 [14SE]

States: crisis intervention programs and initiatives funding, S2924 [14JN]

Texas: constituent concerns, S4422 [6SE]

Trauma: improve identification and support of children and families who experience trauma (S. 2086), S2233 [2MY]

United Jewish Federation of Utah: anniversary of Jewish Family Service, S7027 [7DE]

Reports

Background On—Marijuana and Impaired Driving: Insurance Information Institute, H4098 [1AP]

Reports filed

Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 6493) (H. Rept. 117–384), H5877 [23JN]

Consideration of H.R. 4118, Break the Cycle of Violence Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1377) (H. Rept. 117–483), H8064 [21SE]

Consideration of H.R. 6448, Invest To Protect Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1377) (H. Rept. 117–483), H8064 [21SE]

Consideration of H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1191) (H. Rept. 117–381), H5733 [21JN]

Consideration of H.R. 7780, Mental Health Matters Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1396) (H. Rept. 117–507), H8219 [28SE]

Consideration of H.R. 8542, Mental Health Justice Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1377) (H. Rept. 117–483), H8064 [21SE]

Consideration of S. 4003, Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1518) (H. Rept. 117–630), H9851 [14DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to S. 2089, Keep Kids Fed Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1204) (H. Rept. 117–385), H5918 [24JN]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to S. 2938, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1204) (H. Rept. 117–385), H5918 [24JN]

COVID–19 Cognitive Research Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 7180) (H. Rept. 117–371), H5609 [15JN]

Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 5407) (H. Rept. 117–383), H5876 [23JN]

Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 4007), S2939 [14JN]

Invest To Protect Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 3860), S2939 [14JN]

Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 3846), S2543 [17MY]

Keeping Incarceration Discharges Streamlined for Children and Accommodating Resources in Education (KIDS CARE) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 7233) (H. Rept. 117–374), H5643 [16JN]

Kids Online Safety Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 3663), S7251 [15DE]

Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 4003), S2939 [14JN]

Mental Health Matters Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 7780) (H. Rept. 117–484), H8111 [22SE]

National Suicide Hotline Designation Act Implementation: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Tranportation (Senate) (S. Rept. 117–69), S612 [9FE]

Post-Disaster Mental Health Response Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 3677) (S. Rept. 117–162), S5051 [27SE]

——— Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5703) (H. Rept. 117–504), H8219 [28SE]

Public Safety Officer Support Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 6943) (H. Rept. 117–335), H5173 [18MY]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 3635), S2939 [14JN]

Request President and Direct Sec. of Veterans Affairs To Transmit Documents to House on Veterans Wait Times for Health and Specialty Care Appointments: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H. Res. 1379) (H. Rept. 117–583), H8594 [22NO], H9908 [20DE]

Request President and Direct Secs. of HHS and Homeland Security To Transmit Certain Documents to House of Representatives Relative to Unaccompanied Alien Children: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 1343) (H. Rept. 117–543), H8394 [14OC]

Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 7666) (H. Rept. 117–364), H5485 [13JN]

Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate) (S. 3025), S874 [1MR]

Support the Resiliency of Our Nation’s Great (STRONG) Veterans Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 6411) (H. Rept. 117–382), H5821 [22JN]

Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (TBI and PTSD) Law Enforcement Training Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2992) (H. Rept. 117–336), H5173 [18MY]

Statements

Marijuana and Teens: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, H4098 [1AP]

Marijuana Legalization: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, H4097 [1AP]

Tribute to Tracy Councill: Matt Gerson, S7305 [19DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 1191, consideration of H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, H5745 [22JN]

H. Res. 1204, consideration of Senate amendment to S. 2089, Keep Kids Fed Act, H5883 [24JN]

H. Res. 1204, consideration of Senate amendment to S. 2938, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, H5883 [24JN]

H. Res. 1377, consideration of H.R. 4118, Break the Cycle of Violence Act, H8069 [22SE]

H. Res. 1377, consideration of H.R. 6448, Invest To Protect Act, H8069 [22SE]

H. Res. 1377, consideration of H.R. 8542, Mental Health Justice Act, H8069 [22SE]

H. Res. 1396, consideration of H.R. 7780, Mental Health Matters Act, H8170 [28SE]

H. Res. 1518, consideration of S. 4003, Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act, H9746 [14DE]

H.R. 2724, Dept. of Veterans Affairs peer support specialists for claimants who are survivors of military sexual trauma, H5109 [18MY]

H.R. 2992, Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (TBI and PTSD) Law Enforcement Training Act, H5117 [18MY]

H.R. 4118, Break the Cycle of Violence Act, H8090–H8093 [22SE]

H.R. 5407, Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act, H5841 [23JN]

H.R. 6064, Dept. of Veterans Affairs agreement with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to review exams of individuals who submit claims for mental and physical conditions linked to military sexual trauma, H5108 [18MY]

H.R. 6411, Support the Resiliency of Our Nation’s Great (STRONG) Veterans Act, H5845–H5851 [23JN]

H.R. 6448, Invest To Protect Act, H8085 [22SE]

H.R. 6493, Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act, H5842 [23JN]

H.R. 6943, Public Safety Officer Support Act, H5120 [18MY]

H.R. 6961, improve hearings before Board of Veterans’ Appeals regarding claims involving military sexual trauma, H5107 [18MY]

H.R. 7180, COVID–19 Cognitive Research Act, H7101 [26JY]

H.R. 7335, MST Claims Coordination Act, H5106 [18MY]

H.R. 7589, Reduce and Eliminate Mental Health Outpatient Veteran (REMOVE) Copays Act, H8185 [28SE]

H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, H5752–H5773 [22JN]

H.R. 7780, Mental Health Matters Act, H8242–H8249 [29SE]

H.R. 8542, Mental Health Justice Act, H8081 [22SE]

S. 1543, Suicide Training and Awareness Nationally Delivered for Universal Prevention (STANDUP) Act, H1158 [28FE]

S. 2089, Keep Kids Fed Act, H5837 [23JN]

S. 3596, CHIP School Behavioral Health Incentive Act, S576 [8FE]

S. 3677, Post-Disaster Mental Health Response Act, S788 [17FE]

S. 3846, Dept. of Justice Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program reauthorization, S3149 [23JN], H8618 [29NO]

S. 3860, Invest To Protect Act, S3828 [1AU]

S. 4003, Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act, S3832–S3835 [1AU], H8612–H8615 [29NO], H9831–H9834 [14DE]

S. 4007, Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, S3826 [1AU]

S. 4039, Medicaid Ensuring Necessary Telehealth Is Available Long-term (MENTAL) Health for Kids and Underserved Act, S2095 [7AP]

S. 4885, Dept. of Justice Missing Americans Alert Program also known as Kevin and Avonte’s Law reauthorization, S5031 [22SE]

S. 4926, Respect for Child Survivors Act, H9927–H9929 [21DE]

S. 5038, Solitary Confinement Reform Act, S5549–S5553 [29SE]

S. Res. 486, Interscholastic Athletic Administrators’ Day, S119 [10JA]

S. Res. 516, National School Counseling Week, S712 [15FE]

S. Res. 518, address high prevalence of mental health conditions and substance use disorders by making historic financial investments and acknowledging mental health as priority equal to physical health, S789–S791 [17FE]

S. Res. 554, World Down Syndrome Month, S1272 [21MR]

S. Res. 567, support goals and ideals of Social Work Month, S1868 [30MR]

S. Res. 567, support goals and ideals of World Social Work Day, S1868 [30MR]

S. Res. 574, Dr. John E. Fryer Day, S1914 [31MR]

S. Res. 603, support goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, S2223 [28AP]

S. Res. 604, National Specialized Instructional Support Personnel Appreciation Week, S2223 [28AP]

S. Res. 607, Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week and Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, S2247 [2MY]

S. Res. 657, Older Americans Mental Health Awareness Day, S2759 [26MY]

S. Res. 662, Mental Health Awareness Month, S2816 [7JN]

S. Res. 703, National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month and National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day, S3242 [12JY]

S. Res. 718, Black Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, S3641 [25JY]

S. Res. 754, National Warrior Call Day, S4516 [8SE], S7040 [7DE]

S. Res. 766, National Concussion Awareness Day, S4642 [15SE]

S. Res. 778, National Recovery Month, S4859 [20SE]

S. Res. 831, World Mental Health Day, S6698 [15NO]

S. Res. 843, National School Psychology Week, S6783 [17NO]

S. Res. 872, Interscholastic Athletic Administrators’ Day, S7202 [14DE]