US Congress House Bill 2958 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: Introduced on May 23 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-23 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of Education (ED) to 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 shall 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.

Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act

Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019-05-23	House	Introduced in House

SB1642 (Same As) 2019-05-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2958/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2958/BILLS-116hr2958ih.pdf