‘‘(7) Developing, in accordance with best prac-
tices and guidelines of the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration for behav-
ioral health crisis care, protocols and training for 
identifying and responding to students who present 
an imminent risk of harming themselves or others. 
‘‘(8) Providing training, technology, and per-
sonnel necessary to comply with the HIPAA privacy 
regulations or other relevant privacy standards. 
‘‘(9) Coordinating and sharing best practices 
with other student mental health and safety 
helplines, including other helplines funded pursuant 
to this section. 
‘‘(10) Sharing personnel (such as crisis coun-
selors), services (such as technology and data man-
agement services), and other resources deemed ap-
propriate by the Secretary with other mental health 
and safety helplines that— 
‘‘(A) are operated by the recipient of the 
grant; or 
‘‘(B) are operated by another entity and 
funded through the Substance Abuse and Men-
tal Health Services Administration. 
‘‘(f) PERIOD OF A GRANT.—The period of a grant 
under subsection (a)(1) shall be not less than 5 years. 
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‘‘(g) SUBGRANTS AND CONTRACTS.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—A recipient of a grant 
under subsection (a)(1) may award subgrants and 
enter into contracts to carry out activities funded 
through the grant. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE SUBGRANTEES AND CONTRAC-
TORS.—To be eligible to receive a subgrant or con-
tract under paragraph (1), an entity shall be— 
‘‘(A) a local educational agency; 
‘‘(B) an institution of higher education; 
‘‘(C) a nonprofit organization; 
‘‘(D) a for-profit organization that pro-
vides— 
‘‘(i) website or data management serv-
ices; 
‘‘(ii) specialized staff trained in crisis 
intervention to answer incoming messages; 
or 
‘‘(iii) 
other 
products 
or 
services 
deemed by the Secretary to be appropriate 
for establishing or maintaining a helpline 
funded under subsection (a)(1); 
‘‘(E) a school; or 
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‘‘(F) another type of entity deemed by the 
Secretary to be appropriate for subgrants or 
contracts under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) ACCREDITATION.—To be eligible to receive 
a subgrant or contract under paragraph (1) for spe-
cialized staff trained in crisis intervention to answer 
incoming messages, an entity shall be accredited by 
a nationally recognized accreditation entity that ap-
plies current evidence-based practices related to 
mental and behavioral health. 
‘‘(4) PRIORITY.—In awarding subgrants and 
contracts under paragraph (1), a recipient of a 
grant under subsection (a)(1) shall give priority to 
eligible entities that— 
‘‘(A) retain a licensed mental health care 
practitioner on staff; and 
‘‘(B) participate in the network of the Na-
tional Suicide Prevention Lifeline. 
‘‘(h) REPORTING.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Each 
fiscal year for which grants are awarded under sub-
section (a)(1) or (a)(2), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) study the results of the grants; and 
‘‘(B) submit to the Congress a report on 
such results, including— 
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‘‘(i) an evaluation of the outcomes of 
the programs under subsections (a)(1) and 
(a)(2); 
‘‘(ii) a summary of activities carried 
out with grants under subsections (a)(1) 
and (a)(2) and the results achieved 
through those activities; 
‘‘(iii) to the extent practicable, the de-
mographics of students served and nature 
of messages received through grants under 
subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2); and 
‘‘(iv) in the case of grants under sub-
section (a)(2), an analysis of changes in 
the outcomes, activities, demographics, and 
nature of messages described in clauses (i), 
(ii), and (iii) as a result of transitioning 
helplines to different agencies or subdivi-
sions. 
‘‘(2) REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF A NATIONAL 
STUDENT HELPLINE.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the Student Mental Health 
Helpline Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Education and the Chair of the Federal 
Communications Commission, shall publish a report 
on— 
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‘‘(A) the feasibility of making a student 
mental health and safety helpline nationally 
available; 
‘‘(B) how to successfully integrate the 
helplines of States and other entities into a con-
solidated national student mental health and 
safety helpline; and 
‘‘(C) the feasibility and potential benefits 
and drawbacks of adding a student-specific ca-
pability to the National Suicide Prevention 
Lifeline. 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘HIPAA privacy regulations’ 
means the Federal regulations (concerning the pri-
vacy of individually identifiable health information) 
promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health In-
surance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 
(42 U.S.C. 1320d–2 note). 
‘‘(2) The terms ‘Indian Tribe’ and ‘Tribal orga-
nization’ have the meanings given to such terms in 
section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘institution of higher education’ 
has the meaning given to such term in section 101 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
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