Supporting the Well-Being and Mental Health of Grandfamilies Act

Bill: 117-s-4502
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2022-07-11
Policy area: Families
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-11
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Supporting the Well-Being and Mental Health of Grandfamilies Act</b></p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4502 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 11, 2022 Mr. Casey (for himself and Ms. Collins ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To reauthorize the Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren for an additional 4 years, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supporting the Well-Being and Mental Health of Grandfamilies Act . 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 .