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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4930 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve 

mental health services for students, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 30, 2020 

Mr. KENNEDY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

of 1965 to improve mental health services for students, 

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 ‘‘Youth Mental Health 

5 Services Act of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH. 

7 (a) STATE USE OF FUNDS.—Section 4104(b)(3)(B) 

8 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

9 (20 U.S.C. 7114(b)(3)(B)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

2 and 

3 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(v) improving the mental health serv5 ices available to students, which may in6 clude— 

7 ‘‘(I) identifying and dissemi8 nating best practices for mental 

9 health first aid; 

10 ‘‘(II) assisting in the establish11 ment or implementation of emergency 

12 planning, which may include emer13 gency response teams to address 

14 emergencies at schools; 

15 ‘‘(III) establishing or identifying 

16 agreements with local health agencies, 

17 including nonprofit, public, and pri18 vate mental health agencies and insti19 tutions, to improve coordination of 

20 services; and 

21 ‘‘(IV) telehealth services; and’’. 

22 (b) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY APPLICATIONS.— 

23 Section 4106(e)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu24 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7116(e)(1)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end; 

3 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub4 paragraph (F); and 

5 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D), the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(E) if applicable, how funds will be used 

8 for activities related to providing mental health 

9 services under section 4108; and’’. 

10 (c) ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THE EFFECTIVE USE

11 OF TECHNOLOGY.—Section 4109 of the Elementary and 

12 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7119) is 

13 amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

16 the end; 

17 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe18 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(7) providing technology to improve mental 

21 health services.’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (b)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘A local’’ and inserting the 

24 following: 

25 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A local’’; and 


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1 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The limitation described in 

3 paragraph (1) shall not apply to technology infra4 structure that is also used for mental health serv5 ices.’’. 

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