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H.R. 3572: Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act

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H.R. 3572: Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-05-28 · Education · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-05-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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.

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Official title

Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act

Plain summary

Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish a grant program and a student loan forgiveness program to increase the number of school-based mental health services providers in elementary and secondary schools. First, ED must award grants to partnerships between educational agencies and graduate institutions to increase the number of school-based mental health services providers employed by low-income local educational agencies (LEAs). Grant funds may be used for specified purposes, including to provide student loan forgiveness and tuition credits and to support recruitment, hiring, and training. In addition, ED must establish a program to provide student loan forgiveness for individuals who (1) are not, and have never been, participants in the grant program established by the bill; and (2) have been employed by low-income LEAs for five or more consecutive school years as mental health services providers.

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Official text

Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] · 40 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Darren Soto (D-FL), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Peter Welch (D-VT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Jason Crow (D-CO)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] reported raising $1.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr3572 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117