S. 467 · 117th Congress · Senate

Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2021

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced
Feb 25, 21
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to hospitals to improve their capacity to identify patients in emergency departments who are at risk of suicide and connect those patients with mental health treatments and services.

Action Timeline

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  1. FEB 25, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. FEB 25, 2021IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Committees

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Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

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Referred: Feb 25, 2021

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