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HEAL Act of 2022

12/29/2022, 10:33 PM

Congressional Summary of S 3848

Helping Education After Loss Act of 2022 or the HEAL Act of 2022

This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to eligible entities to fund additional school-based mental health providers and acute crisis response activities. An eligible entity is a local educational agency that serves a school that has experienced a violent or traumatic crisis.

ED must, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services, conduct a special resource study of communities that have experienced a violent or traumatic crisis.

Current Status of Bill S 3848

Bill S 3848 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since March 16, 2022. Bill S 3848 was introduced during Congress 117 and was introduced to the Senate on March 16, 2022.  Bill S 3848's most recent activity was Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. as of March 16, 2022

Bipartisan Support of Bill S 3848

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
1
Republican Sponsors
0
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
1
Democrat Cosponsors
1
Republican Cosponsors
0
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 3848

Primary Policy Focus

Education

Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 3848

HEAL Act of 2022
HEAL Act of 2022
Helping Education After Loss Act of 2022
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to fund additional school-based mental health providers to help reduce psychological harm, and assist with the return to adaptive coping in schools following a violent or traumatic crisis, and for other purposes.

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