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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5740 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to promote comprehensive 

campus mental health and suicide prevention plans, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023 

Ms. WILD (for herself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. TRONE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to promote 

comprehensive campus mental health and suicide prevention plans, 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 ‘‘Enhancing Mental 

5 Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ENCOURAGING CAMPUS COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL 

2 HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION PLANS. 

3 Part L of title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 

4 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1161l et seq.) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating section 826 as section 827; 

6 and 

7 (2) by inserting after section 825 the following 

8 new section: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 826. ENCOURAGING CAMPUS COMPREHENSIVE MEN10 TAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION 

11 PLANS. 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make efforts 

13 to encourage institutions of higher education to develop 

14 and implement evidence-based comprehensive campus 

15 mental health and suicide prevention plans. Such efforts— 

16 ‘‘(1) shall be conducted in coordination with the 

17 Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting 

18 through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health 

19 and Substance Use); 

20 ‘‘(2) shall align with— 

21 ‘‘(A) the efforts and approaches rec22 ommended by the Suicide Prevention Resource 

23 Center; 

24 ‘‘(B) the programs authorized under sec25 tion 9032 of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 

26 U.S.C. 290bb–36b note; Public Law 114–255), 


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1 the amendments made by section 9031 of such 

2 Act to section 520E–2 of the Public Health 

3 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–36b), and the 

4 amendment made by section 9033 of such Act 

5 to part D of title V of the Public Health Service 

6 Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd et seq.); and 

7 ‘‘(C) the programs authorized under the 

8 Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 201 note; Public Law 108–355); 

10 ‘‘(3) shall take into consideration existing Fed11 eral and State efforts to address mental health and 

12 suicide prevention at institutions of higher edu13 cation; and 

14 ‘‘(4) may be carried out in collaboration with 

15 nonprofit organizations, community-based organiza16 tions that partner with institutions of higher edu17 cation, and other experts and stakeholders in the 

18 field of campus mental health and suicide preven19 tion. 

20 ‘‘(b) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall report to the 

21 Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House 

22 of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Edu23 cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate on the efforts 

24 of the Secretary carried out under this section— 


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1 ‘‘(1) not later than one year after the date of 

2 enactment of the Enhancing Mental Health and Sui3 cide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act; and 

4 ‘‘(2) three years after the date of enactment of 

5 such Act. 

6 ‘‘(c) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 

7 be construed as creating new statutory requirements for 

8 institutions of higher education or granting the Secretary 

9 new regulatory authority.’’. 

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