Native American Suicide Prevention Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-467
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-02-13
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians

Child health

Health programs administration and funding

Health promotion and preventive care

Indian social and development programs

Mental health

Minority health
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Native American Suicide Prevention Act of </b><b>2019</b></p> <p>This bill requires a state or state-designated entity that receives support from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for development and implementation of a statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategy to agree to collaborate with each of the state's federally recognized Indian tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and Native Hawaiian health care systems regarding the strategy.</p> <BR> <BR>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 467 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 13, 2019 Ms. Warren (for herself, Ms. Murkowski , Mr. Udall , Mr. Sullivan , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Blumenthal , Ms. Duckworth , Ms. Smith , Mr. King , Mr. Tester , Ms. Klobuchar , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Schatz , Mr. Heinrich , Mr. Merkley , Ms. Cortez Masto , and Ms. Rosen ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend section 520E of the Public Health Service Act to require States and their designees receiving grants for development and implementation of statewide suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to collaborate with each Federally recognized Indian tribe, tribal organization, urban Indian organization, and Native Hawaiian health care system in the State.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Native American Suicide Prevention Act of 2019 . 2. Collaboration with Federally recognized Indian tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and Native Hawaiian health care systems in development and implementation of statewide suicide early intervention and prevention strategies Subsection (e) of section 520E of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290bb–36 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) Collaboration with Federally recognized Indian tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and Native Hawaiian health care systems As a condition on the receipt of a grant or cooperative agreement under this section for development and implementation of a statewide early intervention and prevention strategy, a State or an eligible entity designated by a State pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(B) shall agree to collaborate with each Federally recognized Indian tribe and tribal organization (as defined in the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act), each urban Indian organization (as defined in the Indian Health Care Improvement Act), and each Native Hawaiian health care system (as defined in section 12 of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act) in the State regarding such development and implementation. .