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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9577 

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 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stabilization to Pre5 vent Suicide Act’’ or the ‘‘STOP Suicide Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANTS TO IMPLEMENT MODELS FOR PROVIDING 

2 STABILIZATION SERVICES. 

3 Title V of the Public Health Service Act is amended 

4 by inserting after section 520N (42 U.S.C. 290bb–45) the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 520O. GRANTS TO IMPLEMENT MODELS FOR PRO7 VIDING STABILIZATION SERVICES. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall 

9 award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities 

10 to implement models for providing stabilization services to 

11 individuals with serious thoughts of suicide. 

12 ‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 

14 grant under this section, an eligible entity shall sub15 mit to the Assistant Secretary an application at such 

16 time, in such manner, and containing such informa17 tion as the Assistant Secretary determines is appro18 priate, which shall include the plan described in 

19 paragraph (2). 

20 ‘‘(2) CONTINUITY PLAN.—An application de21 scribed in paragraph (1) shall include a plan for how 

22 an eligible entity will continue to finance the provi23 sion of stabilization services supported by a grant 

24 awarded under this section following the end of the 

25 grant period of such grant. 


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1 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE USES.—A grant awarded under this 

2 section— 

3 ‘‘(1) shall be used to provide or support the 

4 provision of stabilization services that are— 

5 ‘‘(A) suicide-specific; 

6 ‘‘(B) evidence-based or evidence-informed; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(C) provided in the least-restrictive set9 ting that is appropriate for the needs of the in10 dividual to whom such services are provided; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(2) may be used to provide or support the pro13 vision of stabilization services that take the form of 

14 outpatient care, virtual care, or other technology-re15 lated innovations, which may include peer support 

16 services. 

17 ‘‘(d) GRANT PERIOD.—The term of a grant awarded 

18 under this section shall not exceed 5 years. Such term is 

19 not renewable. 

20 ‘‘(e) EVALUATIONS, TRAINING, AND TECHNICAL AS21 SISTANCE.—The Assistant Secretary shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) conduct an evaluation of the activities sup23 ported by the grants awarded under this section and 

24 disseminate, as appropriate, the findings of such 

25 evaluation; 


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1 ‘‘(2) provide training and other information, as 

2 appropriate, to any eligible entity that is awarded a 

3 grant under this section; and 

4 ‘‘(3) provide technical assistance, as appro5 priate, to any eligible entity that is awarded a grant 

6 under this section. 

7 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en9 tity’ means— 

10 ‘‘(A) a community-based primary care or 

11 behavioral health care provider, including— 

12 ‘‘(i) a school-based health center; 

13 ‘‘(ii) a campus-based health center at 

14 an institution of higher education (as de15 fined in section 101 of the Higher Edu16 cation Act of 1965); 

17 ‘‘(iii) a community health center; 

18 ‘‘(iv) a rural health clinic (as defined 

19 in section 1861(aa) of the Social Security 

20 Act); 

21 ‘‘(v) a Federally qualified health cen22 ter (as defined in such section 1861(aa)); 

23 ‘‘(vi) a certified community behavioral 

24 health clinic; and 

25 ‘‘(vii) a children’s hospital; 


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1 ‘‘(B) a crisis center; 

2 ‘‘(C) a public health agency, including— 

3 ‘‘(i) a State mental health agency; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) a State health agency with men5 tal or behavioral health functions; 

6 ‘‘(D) a territory of the United States; and 

7 ‘‘(E) an Indian tribe or tribal organization 

8 (as such terms are defined in section 4 of the 

9 Indian Self-Determination and Education As10 sistance Act). 

11 ‘‘(2) STABILIZATION SERVICES.—The term ‘sta12 bilization services’ means a clinical intervention or 

13 treatment that— 

14 ‘‘(A) reduces or eliminates a state of acute 

15 emotional crisis; 

16 ‘‘(B) reduces or eliminates clear and immi17 nent suicide risk of the patient; or 

18 ‘‘(C) helps the patient establish behavioral 

19 control over acute impulsive states. 

20 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

21 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

22 $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029.’’. 

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