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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stabilization to Pre-
vent Suicide Act’’ or the ‘‘STOP Suicide Act’’. 
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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 PRO-
VIDING 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 sub-
mit to the Assistant Secretary an application at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such informa-
tion as the Assistant Secretary determines is appro-
priate, which shall include the plan described in 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) CONTINUITY
PLAN.—An application de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall include a plan for how 
an eligible entity will continue to finance the provi-
sion of stabilization services supported by a grant 
awarded under this section following the end of the 
grant period of such grant. 
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‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE USES.—A grant awarded under this 
section— 
‘‘(1) shall be used to provide or support the 
provision of stabilization services that are— 
‘‘(A) suicide-specific; 
‘‘(B) evidence-based or evidence-informed; 
and 
‘‘(C) provided in the least-restrictive set-
ting that is appropriate for the needs of the in-
dividual to whom such services are provided; 
and 
‘‘(2) may be used to provide or support the pro-
vision of stabilization services that take the form of 
outpatient care, virtual care, or other technology-re-
lated innovations, which may include peer support 
services. 
‘‘(d) GRANT PERIOD.—The term of a grant awarded 
under this section shall not exceed 5 years. Such term is 
not renewable. 
‘‘(e) EVALUATIONS, TRAINING, AND TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE.—The Assistant Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) conduct an evaluation of the activities sup-
ported by the grants awarded under this section and 
disseminate, as appropriate, the findings of such 
evaluation; 
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‘‘(B) a crisis center; 
‘‘(C) a public health agency, including— 
‘‘(i) a State mental health agency; and 
‘‘(ii) a State health agency with men-
tal or behavioral health functions; 
‘‘(D) a territory of the United States; and 
‘‘(E) an Indian tribe or tribal organization 
(as such terms are defined in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education As-
sistance Act). 
‘‘(2) STABILIZATION SERVICES.—The term ‘sta-
bilization services’ means a clinical intervention or 
treatment that— 
‘‘(A) reduces or eliminates a state of acute 
emotional crisis; 
‘‘(B) reduces or eliminates clear and immi-
nent suicide risk of the patient; or 
‘‘(C) helps the patient establish behavioral 
control over acute impulsive states. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029.’’. 
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