,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #biff  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bh 
7legislative day1 ,september #bb71      
#bjbc,mr4 ,boozman 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,booker1 ,mrs4 ,blackburn1 ,mr4         
,blumenthal1 and ,mr4 ,wicker7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,public ,health ,service ,act 
to encourage programs to address college
 athlete mental health4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,targeting ,emotional and ,mental       
,stability ,act of #bjbc4  #b4 ,college 
athlete mental health ,section          
#ebj;,e-#b of the ,public ,health       
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#bij;bb-#cf;b7 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subsection 7b71 by adding at the end the
 following3  7#ac7 ,carrying out one or 
more school-based programs to address   
mental health disorders among the       

college athlete population1 including   
providing access to-- 7,a7 mental health
 care services for college athletes1    
including real-time counseling and      
telehealth services2  7,b7 peer-to-peer 
counseling2  7,c7 existing crisis       
lifeline services1 including the #ihh   
,suicide and ,crisis ,lifeline2  7,d7   
training for students1 faculty1 athletic
 coaches1 and staff to respond          
effectively to students exhibiting signs
 of mental distress or substance use    
disorder2 or  7,e7 campus-wide education
 initiatives to address the stigma      
associated with mental health issues    
among college athletes4  2 and  7#b7 in 
subsection 7d71 by adding at the end the
 following3  7#i7 ,for an institution of
 higher education proposing to use the  
grant for an activity described in      
paragraph 7#ac7 of subsection 7b71 a    
letter of support from the athletics    
department of the institution of higher 
education4  4