Native American Suicide Prevention Act of 2012

Native American Suicide Prevention Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require a state or state-designated eligible entity, as a condition of receiving a grant or cooperative agreement for development or implementation of a statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategy, to agree to consult with each federally recognized Indian tribe and tribal organization and each urban Indian organization regarding such development or implementation.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4467 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4467

   To amend section 520E of the Public Health Service act to require 
    States and their designees receiving grants for development or 
 implementation of statewide suicide early intervention and prevention 
  strategies to consult with each Federally recognized Indian tribe, 
    tribal organization, and urban Indian organization in the State.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 19, 2012

   Mr. Baca introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend section 520E of the Public Health Service act to require 
    States and their designees receiving grants for development or 
 implementation of statewide suicide early intervention and prevention 
  strategies to consult with each Federally recognized Indian tribe, 
    tribal organization, and urban Indian organization in the State.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Native American Suicide Prevention 
Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. CONSULTATION WITH FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBES, TRIBAL 
              ORGANIZATIONS, AND URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN 
              DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STATEWIDE SUICIDE EARLY 
              INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES.

    Subsection (e) of section 520E of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 290bb-36) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Consultation with federally recognized indian tribes, 
        tribal organizations, and urban indian organizations.--As a 
        condition on the receipt of a grant or cooperative agreement 
        under this section for development or implementation of a 
        statewide early intervention and prevention strategy, a State 
        or an eligible entity designated by a State pursuant to 
        subsection (b)(1)(B) shall agree to consult with each Federally 
        recognized Indian tribe and tribal organization (as defined in 
        the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act) and 
        each urban Indian organization (as defined in the Indian Health 
        Care Improvement Act) regarding such development or 
        implementation.''.
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