,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcbg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ab1      
#bjai,ms4 ,wild 7for herself1 ,mr4      
,quigley1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4       
,trone1 ,ms4 ,dean1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4
 ,raskin1 ,mr4 ,cuellar1 ,miss ,rice of 
,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 and ,mr4      
,moulton7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,education and ,labor  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend the ,higher ,education ,act of    
#aife to promote comprehensive campus   
mental health and suicide prevention    
plans1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,enhancing ,mental ,health and      
,suicide ,prevention ,through ,campus   
,planning ,act4  #b4 ,encouraging campus
 comprehensive mental health and suicide
 prevention plans ,part ,l of title     
,,viii of the ,higher ,education ,act of
 #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #aafal et seq47 is
 amended--  7#a7 by redesignating       
section #hbf as section #hbg2 and  7#b7 

by inserting after section #hbe the     
following new section3  #hbf4           
,encouraging campus comprehensive mental
 health and suicide prevention plans    
7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary shall   
make efforts to encourage institutions  
of higher education to develop and      
implement comprehensive campus mental   
health and suicide prevention plans4    
,such efforts--  7#a7 shall be conducted
 in coordination with the ,secretary of 
,health and ,human ,services 7acting    
through the ,administrator of the       
,substance ,abuse and ,mental ,health   
,services ,administration72  7#b7 shall 
align with-- 7,a7 the efforts of the    
,suicide ,prevention ,resource ,center1 
specifically the ,center's model of nine
 strategies that form a comprehensive   
approach to suicide prevention2  7,b7   
the #bast ,century ,cures ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #bja note72 and  7,c7 the     
programs authorized under the ,garrett  
,lee ,smith ,memorial ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #bja note2 ,public ,law       

#ajh-cee72  7#c7 shall take into        
consideration existing ,state efforts to
 address mental health and suicide      
prevention at institutions of higher    
education2 and  7#d7 may be carried out 
in collaboration with nonprofit         
organizations and other experts and     
stakeholders in the field of campus     
mental health and suicide prevention4   
7b7 ,reports ,the ,secretary1 or a      
designee of the ,secretary1 shall report
 to ,congress on the efforts of the     
,secretary carried out under this       
section--  7#a7 not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of the      
,enhancing ,mental ,health and ,suicide 
,prevention ,through ,campus ,planning  
,act2 and  7#b7 three years after the   
date of enactment of such ,act4  7c7    
,construction ,nothing in this section  
shall be construed as creating new      
statutory requirements for institutions 
of higher education or granting the     
,secretary new regulatory authority4  4