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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2862 
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a national 
suicide prevention media campaign, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2021 
Mr. BEYER (for himself and Mr. KINZINGER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
to conduct a national suicide prevention media campaign, 
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 ‘‘Campaign to Prevent 
Suicide Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE. 
Section 520E–3(b)(2) of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–36c(b)(2)) is amended by inserting 
after ‘‘suicide prevention hotline’’ the following: ‘‘, under 
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the universal telephone number designated under Section 
251(e)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934,’’. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION MEDIA CAM-
PAIGN. 
(a) NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION MEDIA CAM-
PAIGN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the date that 
is three years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), in 
consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Mental 
Health and Substance Use (referred to in this sec-
tion as the ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’) and the Director 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Director’’), shall 
conduct a national suicide prevention media cam-
paign (referred to in this section as the ‘‘national 
media campaign’’), in accordance with the require-
ments of this section, for purposes of— 
(A) preventing suicide in the United 
States; 
(B) educating families, friends, and com-
munities on how to address suicide and suicidal 
thoughts, including when to encourage individ-
uals with suicidal risk to seek help; and 
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(C) increasing awareness of suicide preven-
tion resources of the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention and the Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration (in-
cluding the suicide prevention hotline main-
tained under section 520E–3 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–36c)), 
any suicide prevention mobile application of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or 
the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services 
Administration, and other support resources de-
termined appropriate by the Secretary. 
(2) ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION.—In addition 
to consulting with the Assistant Secretary and the 
Director under this section, the Secretary shall con-
sult with, as appropriate, State, local, Tribal, and 
territorial health departments, primary health care 
providers, hospitals with emergency departments, 
mental and behavioral health services providers, cri-
sis response services providers, first responders, sui-
cide prevention and mental health professionals, pa-
tient advocacy groups, survivors of suicide attempts, 
and representatives of television and social media 
platforms in planning the national media campaign 
to be conducted under paragraph (1). 
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