Helping Kids Through Trauma Act

Bill: 117-s-5310
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-12-20
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-12-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Helping Kids Through Trauma Act</b></p> <p>This bill expressly permits state-licensed mental health organizations that receive grants for preservice or in-service training in a behavioral health-related paraprofessional field to use the grants for training on meeting the needs of children and adolescents who have experienced trauma.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5310 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 20, 2022 Ms. Rosen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To ensure that mental and behavioral health education and training grants awarded under section 756(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act may be used for training to increase skills and capacity to meet the needs of children and adolescents who have experienced trauma.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helping Kids Through Trauma Act . 2. Use of Graduate Psychology Education Program funds Section 756(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 294e–1(a)(4) ) is amended by inserting , including training to increase skills and capacity to meet the needs of children and adolescents who have experienced trauma before the period at the end.