STOP Suicide Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8124 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8124 To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program to support models for providing stabilization services to individuals with serious thoughts of suicide, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 26, 2026 Mr. Raskin (for himself and Mr. Bacon) 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 support models for providing stabilization services to individuals with serious thoughts of suicide, 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 ``Stabilization to Prevent Suicide Act'' or the ``STOP Suicide Act''. SEC. 2. GRANTS TO IMPLEMENT MODELS FOR PROVIDING STABILIZATION SERVICES. Title V of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 520N (42 U.S.C. 290bb-45) the following: ``SEC. 520O. GRANTS TO IMPLEMENT MODELS FOR PROVIDING STABILIZATION SERVICES. ``(a) In General.--The Assistant Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to implement models for providing stabilization services to individuals with serious thoughts of suicide. ``(b) Applications.-- ``(1) In general.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit to the Assistant Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Assistant Secretary determines is appropriate, which shall include the plan described in paragraph (2). ``(2) Continuity plan.--An application described in parag