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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1649 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve |
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| 6 | 6 | | mental health services for students, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY27, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. A |
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| 10 | 10 | | LLENintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 11 | 11 | | on Education and Workforce |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act |
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| 14 | 14 | | of 1965 to improve mental health services for students, |
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| 15 | 15 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanding Student 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Access to Mental Health Services Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) S |
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| 23 | 23 | | TATEUSE OFFUNDS.—Section 4104(b)(3)(B) 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (20 U.S.C. 7114(b)(3)(B)) is amended— 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 1649 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | and 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(v) improving the mental health serv-4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ices available to students, which may in-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | clude— 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(I) identifying and dissemi-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | nating best practices for mental 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | health first aid; 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(II) assisting in the establish-10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ment or implementation of emergency 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | planning, which may include emer-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | gency response teams to address 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | emergencies at schools; 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(III) establishing or identifying 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | agreements with local health agencies, 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | including nonprofit, public, and pri-17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | vate mental health agencies and insti-18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | tutions, to improve coordination of 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | services; and 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(IV) telehealth services; and’’. 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (b) L |
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| 51 | 51 | | OCALEDUCATIONALAGENCYAPPLICATIONS.— 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Section 4106(e)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7116(e)(1)) is amended— 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | •HR 1649 IH |
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| 57 | 57 | | (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | the end; 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub-3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | paragraph (F); and 4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D), the 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | following: 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(E) if applicable, how funds will be used 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | for activities related to providing mental health 8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | services under section 4108; and’’. 9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (c) A |
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| 67 | 67 | | CTIVITIESTOSUPPORT THEEFFECTIVEUSE 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | OFTECHNOLOGY.—Section 4109 of the Elementary and 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7119) is 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | amended— 13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (1) in subsection (a)— 14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | the end; 16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (B) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe-17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 18 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(7) providing technology to improve mental 20 |
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| 78 | 78 | | health services.’’; and 21 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (2) in subsection (b)— 22 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (A) by striking ‘‘A local’’ and inserting the 23 |
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| 81 | 81 | | following: 24 |
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| 82 | 82 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 83 | 83 | | N GENERAL.—A local’’; and 25 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (B) by adding at the end the following: 1 |
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| 88 | 88 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 89 | 89 | | XCEPTION.—The limitation described in 2 |
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| 90 | 90 | | paragraph (1) shall not apply to technology infra-3 |
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| 91 | 91 | | structure that is also used for mental health serv-4 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ices.’’. 5 |
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