Supporting the Well-Being and Mental Health of Grandfamilies Act
Bill: S.4502 | Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. (D-PA)
Policy area: Families

Summary:
Supporting the Well-Being and Mental Health of Grandfamilies Act
This bill extends the Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren for four additional years and limits the number of nonfederal members serving on the council to 10.

To reauthorize the Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising 
    Grandchildren for an additional 4 years, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting the Well-Being and Mental 
Health of Grandfamilies Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ADVISORY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT GRANDPARENTS RAISING 
              GRANDCHILDREN.

    (a) Membership.--Section 3(b) of the Supporting Grandparents 
Raising Grandchildren Act (Public Law 115-196) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) through (I) 
                as subparagraphs (H) through (J), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the 
                following:
                    ``(G) The Surgeon General.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Limitation on non-federal members.--The number of 
        non-Federal members serving on the Advisory Council shall not 
        exceed 10 members.''.
    (b) Duties.--Section 3(c) of the Supporting Grandparents Raising 
Grandchildren Act (Public Law 115-196) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) in clause (i), by striking ``; and'' 
                        and inserting a semicolon;
                            (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the period 
                        and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) address the long-term impact of 
                        potential trauma (such as the loss of a family 
                        member, drug misuse, or abandonment).''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
                        striking ``Opioids'' and inserting 
                        ``Considerations''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``or the COVID-19 
                        pandemic'' after ``by the opioid crisis'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``date of enactment of 
        this Act'' and inserting ``date of enactment of the Supporting 
        the Well-Being and Mental Health of Grandfamilies Act''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
                ``Report'' and inserting ``Reports'';
                    (B) by striking ``2 years'' and inserting ``180 
                days''; and
                    (C) by inserting ``and every 2 years thereafter 
                until the Advisory Council terminates under subsection 
                (f),'' after ``submitted,''.
    (c) Sunset.--Section 3(f) of the Supporting Grandparents Raising 
Grandchildren Act (Public Law 115-196) is amended by striking ``4'' and 
inserting ``8''.
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