Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Reauthorization Act

Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Reauthorization Act

This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 multiple suicide prevention programs and related activities with a particular focus on youth and young adults.

Specifically, the bill reauthorizes

• grants for statewide or tribal youth suicide prevention and early intervention strategies and for mental health and substance use disorder services for college students,
• a working group tasked with developing a plan to carry out a public education campaign concerning access to and reducing stigma associated with mental health services at institutions of higher education, and
• a suicide prevention resource center that provides training and other resources regarding suicide prevention among all ages.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7255 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>






117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7255

 To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the 
        Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 28, 2022

 Mrs. Rodgers of Washington (for herself, Mrs. Trahan, Mrs. Axne, and 
   Mrs. Kim of California) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the 
        Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Garrett Lee Smith Memorial 
Reauthorization Act''.

SEC. 2. SUICIDE PREVENTION RESOURCE CENTER.

    Section 520C of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-34) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``tribes, tribal 
        organizations'' and inserting ``Tribes, Tribal organizations'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``tribal'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``Tribal''; and
            (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``$5,988,000 for each of 
        fiscal years 2018 through 2022'' and inserting ``$9,000,000 for 
        each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027''.

SEC. 3. GARRETT LEE SMITH STATE AND TRIBAL YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION AND 
              EARLY INTERVENTION GRANT PROGRAM.

    Section 520E of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-36) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``tribal'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``Tribal'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)(C)--
                    (A) by striking ``Indian tribe or tribal 
                organization'' and inserting ``Indian Tribe or Tribal 
                organization''; and
                    (B) by striking ``tribal youth'' and inserting 
                ``Tribal youth'';
            (3) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by striking ``tribal'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Tribal'';
            (4) in subsection (e)(3), by striking ``tribal'' and 
        inserting ``Tribal''; and
            (5) in subsection (m), by striking ``$30,000,000 for each 
        of fiscal years 2018 through 2022'' and inserting ``$40,000,000 
        for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027''.

SEC. 4. GARRETT LEE SMITH CAMPUS SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM.

    Section 520E-2(i) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
290bb-36b(i)) is amended by striking ``2018 through 2022'' and 
inserting ``2023 through 2027''.

SEC. 5. MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.

    Section 549(f) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee-
4(f)) is amended by striking ``2018 through 2022'' and inserting ``2023 
through 2027''.
                                 <all>