Native American Suicide Prevention Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 2/14/2019
Actions
- 2019-02-14Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2019-02-13Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- 2019-02-13Introduced in House
- 2019-02-13Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-13 (00)
Native American Suicide Prevention Act of 2019
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.
Cosponsors (20)
- ROSA DELAURO (D-CT)
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY)
- Norma Torres (D-CA)
- Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Charlie Crist (D-FL)
- ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL)
- Ben Luján (D-NM)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- GRACE NAPOLITANO (D-CA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Mike Gallagher (R-WI)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Tom Cole (R-OK)
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
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