Mental Health Matters Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10564 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10564 To support the behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in the school-based behavioral health workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. DeSaulnier introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To support the behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in the school-based behavioral health workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits. 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 ``Mental Health Matters Act''. SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. TITLE I--EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH ACT Sec. 101. Short title. Sec. 102. Identification of effective interventions in Head Start programs. Sec. 103. Implementing the interventions in Head Start programs. Sec. 104. Evaluating implementation of interventions in Head Start programs. Sec. 105. Implementing the evaluation framework for Head Start programs. Sec. 106. Best Practice Centers. Sec. 107. Funding. TITLE II--BUILDING PIPELINE OF SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS ACT Sec. 201. Short title. Sec. 202. Definitions. Sec. 203. Grant program to increase the number of school-based mental health services providers serving in high- need local educational agencies. TITLE III--ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL COUNSELING ACT Sec. 301. Short title. Sec. 302. Definitions. Sec. 303. Allotments to States and subgrants to local