Child and Adolescent Mental Health Resiliency Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1560
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2007-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Block grants
Case management
Child sexual abuse
Community health services
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Continuum of care
Crime and Law Enforcement
Curricula
Disasters
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Drug therapy
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Employee training
Epidemiology
Executive reorganization
Families
Family services
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to research
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Guardian and ward
Health counseling
Health education
Health planning
Health services administration
Health surveys
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Juvenile delinquency
Labor and Employment
Medical education
Medical research
Medical screening
Mental health services
Mentoring
Minorities
Minority health
Parent and child
Performance measurement
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Preventive medicine
Prison alternatives
Psychotropic drugs
Respite care
Rural health
School health programs
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Social work
Terrorism
Trauma care
Urban affairs
Violence
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: 
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Resiliency Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary), acting through the Center for Mental Health Services, to provide for comprehensive state mental health plans that exclusively meet the mental health needs of children and adolescents.
 
Requires the Secretary to provide for child and adolescent mental health early intervention and prevention services. 
 
 Requires the Secretary of Education to: (1) provide for access to mental health and case management services in educational settings; and (2) develop guidelines that encourage schools to provide counseling and positive behavioral supports.
 
Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant) of the Social Security Act to provide for appropriate mental health promotion and mental health services to at-risk mothers, grandmothers who are legal guardians, and their children.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to: (1) establish a program to foster the ability of local case managers to work across the mental health, substance abuse, child welfare, education, and juvenile justice systems in a state; (2) provide for the development and implementation of three technical assistance centers to support full consumer and family participation in decision-making about mental health services for children and adolescents; (3) establish an interagency coordinating committee to develop policy across the federal government with respect to child and adolescent mental health; and (4) provide for the development of child and adolescent mental health services and support systems that address gaps in mental health service delivery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7187-7194)
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7185-7187)
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate