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Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to promote comprehensive campus mental health and suicide prevention plans, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Directs the Secretary of Education and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to develop and disseminate evidence-based model mental health and suicide prevention action plans for colleges.
- Requires these model plans to be aligned with existing evidence-based suicide prevention programs of SAMHSA.
- Mandates that model plans be updated at least once every five years.
- Directs the Secretary of Education to provide technical assistance to colleges that want to implement mental health and suicide prevention plans based on the models.
- Authorizes the Secretary to collaborate with nonprofit organizations, community organizations, student groups, and experts in mental health and suicide prevention.
- Requires the Secretary to submit reports to Congress within one year of developing the first model plan and within one year of each subsequent update.
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Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Richard Blumenthal’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $9,500
- FREEPOINT COMMODITIES LLC $6,600
- ALIX PARTNERS $6,600
- PALANTIR $6,600
- KRUX INC. $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Richard Blumenthal → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jun 18, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Jun 18, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 18, 2026
Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Bennet) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to promote comprehensive campus mental health and suicide prevention plans, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act”.
SEC. 2. ENCOURAGING CAMPUS COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION PLANS.
Part L of title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1161l et seq.) is amended—
(1) by redesignating section 826 as section 827; and
(2) by inserting after section 825 the following new section:
“SEC. 826. ENCOURAGING CAMPUS COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION PLANS.
“(a) Model Plans.—
“(1) In general.—Beginning not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) shall develop and disseminate 1 or more evidence-based model mental health and suicide prevention action plans to serve as models for institutions of higher education that want to implement such plans. The Secretary shall ensure that those model plans are aligned with the evidence-based suicide prevention programs of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
“(2) Updates.—Not less frequently than once every 5 years, the Secretary shall update the model plans described in paragraph (1).
“(b) Technical Assistance.—After developing and disseminating the model plans described in subsection (a), the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration), shall provide technical assistance to institutions of higher education that want to implement comprehensive mental health and suicide prevention plans modeled after the model plans described in subsection (a). In providing such technical assistance, the Secretary—
“(1) shall take into consideration existing State efforts to address mental health and suicide prevention at institutions of higher education; and
“(2) may collaborate with nonprofit organizations, community-based organizations, student organizations, or other experts and stakeholders in the field of mental health and suicide prevention at institutions of higher education.
“(c) Reports.—The Secretary, or a designee of the Secretary, shall submit a report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, the Energy and Commerce Committee of the House of Representatives, and the Education and Workforce Committee of the House of Representatives on the activities of the Secretary carried out under this section—
“(1) not later than 1 year after the developing the first model plan described in subsection (a)(1); and
“(2) not later than 1 year after each update described in subsection (a)(2).
“(d) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this section shall be construed as creating new legal requirements for institutions of higher education.”. <all>
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