PATHS Act
Summary
Preventing and Addressing Trauma with Health Services Act or the PATHS Act This bill establishes grants to increase access to trauma support and mental health care for individuals who have experienced gun violence in communities with higher rates of violence-related deaths than the national average. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) must award the grants to nonprofit or community organizations, government agencies, or health care institutions that offer mental health services. In awarding these grants, SAMHSA may give preference to community health centers, federally qualified health centers, and applicants proposing to work in partnership with other eligible entities.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 28, 2021
Last action Sep 28, 2021
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2
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Committee
1
Sep 28, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
upper
Sep 28, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Christopher A. Coons
DDemocratic
Co
Cory A. Booker
DDemocratic
Co
Richard J. Durbin
DDemocratic
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