119-s1924

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1924 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1924

 To add suicide prevention resources to school identification cards.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 June 2, 2025

Mr. Kennedy (for himself and Mr. Booker) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
 Education, Labor, and Pensions

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 A BILL

 To add suicide prevention resources to school identification cards.

 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 ``Improving Mental Health Access for 
Students Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDING SUICIDE PREVENTION CONTACT INFORMATION TO SCHOOL 
 IDENTIFICATION CARDS.

    (a) In General.--

Section 487

    (a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1094

    (a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (30)
        (A) In the case of an institution that creates and 
 distributes identification cards for students at any time after 
 the date of enactment of this paragraph, such institution shall 
 include phone contact information on each such card for the 
 following organizations:
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            (i) 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
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            (ii) Crisis Text Line.
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            (iii) A campus mental health center or program, 
 as determined by the institution.
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        (B) In the case of an institution that does not create 
 and distribute identification cards for students at any time 
 after the date of enactment of this paragraph, such institution 
 shall publish the suicide prevention contact information 
 specified in subparagraph
        (A) on the website of such 
 institution.
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            (C) If an organization in clause
            (i) or
            (ii) of 
 subparagraph
        (A) ceases to exist, the Secretary may designate a 
 different entity with a similar purpose to be included on the 
 identification card.''.

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection

    (a) shall 
take effect beginning on the day that is 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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