H.R. 1877: Mental Health First Aid Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2015-04-16 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-04-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Mental Health First Aid Act of 2016

Plain 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.

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Official text

Mental Health First Aid Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2] · 47 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1877, Mental Health First Aid Act of 2016 (2016-09-26)

Cosponsors on this site

Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr1877.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1877 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114