RAYS Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7092 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7092 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies to include mental health and suicide prevention information on student identification cards, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 15, 2026 Mr. Carter of Louisiana (for himself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Moylan, and Mr. Mackenzie) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies to include mental health and suicide prevention information on student identification cards, 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 ``Raising Awareness for Youth Suicide Prevention Act'' or the ``RAYS Act''. SEC. 2. MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION ON STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS. (a) In General.--Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 8549D. INCLUSION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION ON STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS. ``(a) Required Information.-- ``(1) ID cards.--Each local educational agency that issues identification cards to students in secondary schools shall ensure that such identification cards include contact information for-- ``(A) the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (or an alternative service designated by the Secretary under subsection (c)); ``(B) the Crisis Text Line (or an alternative service designated by the Secr