HR 2955 United States House · 117th Congress

Suicide Prevention Act

Summary

Suicide Prevention Act This bill establishes two grant programs to prevent self-harm and suicide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must award grants to state, local, and tribal health departments to expand surveillance of self-harm, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration must award grants to hospital emergency departments for programs to prevent suicide attempts among patients after discharge.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

May 2021

Committee Review

May 2021

House Passage

May 2021

Senate Passage

President

Introduced May 4, 2021 Last action May 13, 2021

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

May 13, 2021

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

upper

May 12, 2021

Lower · Passed

Pursuant to section 6 of H. Res. 380, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 297; H.R. 433; H.R. 478; H.R. 586; H.R. 721, as amended; H.R. 768; H.R. 810; H.R. 1205; H.R. 1260, as amended; H.R. 1324; H.R. 1448, as amended; H.R. 1475, as amended; H.R. 1480, as amended; H.R. 2862, as amended; H.R. 2955; and H.R. 2981. (consideration: CR H2235-2246; text: CR H2244-2245)

lower

May 12, 2021

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 6 of H. Res. 380, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 297; H.R. 433; H.R. 478; H.R. 586; H.R. 721, as amended; H.R. 768; H.R. 810; H.R. 1205; H.R. 1260, as amended; H.R. 1324; H.R. 1448, as amended; H.R. 1475, as amended; H.R. 1480, as amended; H.R. 2862, as amended; H.R. 2955; and H.R. 2981.(consideration: CR H2235-2246; text: CR H2244-2245)

lower

May 5, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

lower

May 4, 2021

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

lower

May 4, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors