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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1649
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve
mental health services for students, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY27, 2025
Mr. A
LLENintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 to improve mental health services for students,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanding Student 4
Access to Mental Health Services Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH. 6
(a) S
TATEUSE OFFUNDS.—Section 4104(b)(3)(B) 7
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 8
(20 U.S.C. 7114(b)(3)(B)) is amended— 9
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(1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 1
and 2
(2) by adding at the end the following: 3
‘‘(v) improving the mental health serv-4
ices available to students, which may in-5
clude— 6
‘‘(I) identifying and dissemi-7
nating best practices for mental 8
health first aid; 9
‘‘(II) assisting in the establish-10
ment or implementation of emergency 11
planning, which may include emer-12
gency response teams to address 13
emergencies at schools; 14
‘‘(III) establishing or identifying 15
agreements with local health agencies, 16
including nonprofit, public, and pri-17
vate mental health agencies and insti-18
tutions, to improve coordination of 19
services; and 20
‘‘(IV) telehealth services; and’’. 21
(b) L
OCALEDUCATIONALAGENCYAPPLICATIONS.— 22
Section 4106(e)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-23
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7116(e)(1)) is amended— 24
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(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 1
the end; 2
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub-3
paragraph (F); and 4
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (D), the 5
following: 6
‘‘(E) if applicable, how funds will be used 7
for activities related to providing mental health 8
services under section 4108; and’’. 9
(c) A
CTIVITIESTOSUPPORT THEEFFECTIVEUSE 10
OFTECHNOLOGY.—Section 4109 of the Elementary and 11
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7119) is 12
amended— 13
(1) in subsection (a)— 14
(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 15
the end; 16
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe-17
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 18
(C) by adding at the end the following: 19
‘‘(7) providing technology to improve mental 20
health services.’’; and 21
(2) in subsection (b)— 22
(A) by striking ‘‘A local’’ and inserting the 23
following: 24
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—A local’’; and 25
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(B) by adding at the end the following: 1
‘‘(2) E
XCEPTION.—The limitation described in 2
paragraph (1) shall not apply to technology infra-3
structure that is also used for mental health serv-4
ices.’’. 5
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