Mental Health First Aid Act of 2016

1/11/2023, 1:27 PM

Mental Health First Aid Act of 2016

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend through FY2021 training grants for mental health awareness. The bill makes additional categories of individuals eligible to be trained to identify and respond to individuals with a mental illness. Programs funded by these grants must provide education on: (1) recognizing the signs and symptoms of mental illness, and (2) either the availability of relevant resources or safe de-escalation of crisis situations involving individuals with a mental illness.

Congress
114

Number
HR - 1877

Introduced on
2015-04-16

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

9/27/2016

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Mental Health First Aid Act of 2016

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend through FY2021 training grants for mental health awareness. The bill makes additional categories of individuals eligible to be trained to identify and respond to individuals with a mental illness. Programs funded by these grants must provide education on: (1) recognizing the signs and symptoms of mental illness, and (2) either the availability of relevant resources or safe de-escalation of crisis situations involving individuals with a mental illness.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo amend section 520J of the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs.

Policy Areas
Health

Potential Impact
Education programs funding•
Emergency medical services and trauma care•
Health personnel•
Health programs administration and funding•
Medical education•
Mental health•
Nursing•
Rural conditions and development•
School administration•
Teaching, teachers, curricula

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Recent Activity

Latest Summary10/3/2016

Mental Health First Aid Act of 2016

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend through FY2021 training grants for mental health awareness. The bill makes additional categories of individuals eligible to be t...


Latest Action9/27/2016
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.