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H.R. 2913: Mental Health in Schools Act of 2017

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H.R. 2913: Mental Health in Schools Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-06-15 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-06-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Mental Health in Schools Act of 2017

Plain summary

Mental Health in Schools Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise a community children and violence program to assist local communities and schools in applying a public health approach to mental health services, including by: (1) revising eligibility requirements for a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement; and (2) providing for comprehensive school mental health programs that are culturally and linguistically appropriate, trauma-informed, and age appropriate. A comprehensive school mental health program funded under this bill must assist children in dealing with trauma and violence. The bill makes only certain partnerships that include a state educational agency and one or more educational agencies, with a local agency serving as lead partner, eligible for funding. They include public or private entities that use evidence-based intervention. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall develop a fiscally appropriate process for evaluating grant program activities, including the development of: (1) guidelines for the submission of program data by recipients; and (2) outcome measures to be applied by recipients in evaluating programs, including student and family measures and local educational measures.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Mental Health in Schools Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32] · 67 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Bill Foster (D-IL), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Seth Moulton (D-MA) and 7 more.

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2913 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115