Suicide Prevention Assistance Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2044 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2044 To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program to provide self-harm and suicide prevention services in primary care offices, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 11, 2025 Mr. DeSaulnier introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program to provide self-harm and suicide prevention services in primary care offices, 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 ``Suicide Prevention Assistance Act''. SEC. 2. GRANTS TO PROVIDE SELF-HARM AND SUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICES. Subpart 3 of part B of title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-31 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 520O. GRANTS TO PROVIDE SELF-HARM AND SUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICES. ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use (referred to in this section as the `Secretary'), shall award grants to primary care offices to provide self-harm and suicide prevention services. ``(b) Activities Supported.--A primary care office awarded a grant under subsection (a) shall use amounts under the grant to carry out the following: ``(1) The primary care office shall hire 1 or more clinical social workers to carry out the activities described in paragraphs (2) through (4). ``(2) A primary care physician at the primary care office shall screen patients for self-harm and suicide in accordance with the