Campus Lifeline Act

This bill changes a federal grant program that pays for mental health and substance use services for college students. It would let grant funds support student groups that promote peer mental health awareness, train students to recognize and respond to peers showing warning signs, and fund public service announcements, including social media campaigns. Grant applicants would have to plan for student input and describe how they will reach students in online and remote programs, including through telehealth. The federal government would be required, when practical and if funds allow, to give technical assistance to grantees and to colleges that applied but did not receive grants. The bill also directs the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline program to encourage states and colleges to print the hotline number on new student ID cards and to run awareness campaigns, in consultation with the Secretary of Education.

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Sponsors

• David McCormick Republican sponsor
• 3 cosponsors