Mental Health Access and Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2023
Summary
Mental Health Access and Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2023 This bill authorizes FY2024 appropriations for the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Social Security Administration to (1) increase access to mental health care treatment and services, and (2) promote reporting of mental health information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. (This system is used to query federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial criminal history record information and other records to determine an individual's eligibility to receive, transfer, or possess firearms.)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 9, 2023
Last action Jan 9, 2023
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Jan 9, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Jan 9, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jan 9, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Legislator
Party
State
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Sheila Jackson Lee
DDemocratic
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