Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
This bill amends the Higher Education Act to require U.S. institutions that create and distribute student identification cards to include phone contact information for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, Crisis Text Line, and the institution’s campus mental health center or program. Institutions that do not issue ID cards must instead publish those contacts on their websites.
Liberals emphasize direct student access and life-saving potential
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise statutory amendment that clearly defines its objective and embeds the requirement into an existing Higher Education Act provision, but it provides only minimal implementation and oversight detail.
This bill amends the Higher Education Act to require U.S. institutions that create and distribute student identification cards to include phone contact information for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, Crisis Text Line, and the institution’s campus mental health center or program.
Institutions that do not issue ID cards must instead publish those contacts on their websites.
The Secretary may substitute similar entities if 988 or Crisis Text Line cease to exist.
Low-cost, noncontroversial public-health addition to HEA that fits well into bipartisan packages; procedural and scheduling factors create moderate uncertainty.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise statutory amendment that clearly defines its objective and embeds the requirement into an existing Higher Education Act provision, but it provides only minimal implementation and oversight detail.
Liberals emphasize direct student access and life-saving potential
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Liberals emphasize direct student access and life-saving potential
Overall supportive.
The policy is an inexpensive, low-barrier step to make crisis resources more visible to students and normalize help-seeking.
They will view it as a reasonable, commonsense addition to campus safety and mental health outreach.
Generally favorable but pragmatic.
Appreciates the low-cost, targeted nature of the change while wanting clarity about administrative implementation and enforcement.
Sees it as a modest regulatory change that could be quickly adopted if guidance is provided.
Cautiously skeptical.
Supports mental-health access in principle but concerned about federal mandates on institutions and potential precedent for further federal oversight.
Views the requirement as small but prefers voluntary approaches or state/local direction.
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Low-cost, noncontroversial public-health addition to HEA that fits well into bipartisan packages; procedural and scheduling factors create moderate uncertainty.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberals emphasize direct student access and life-saving potential
Low-cost, noncontroversial public-health addition to HEA that fits well into bipartisan packages; procedural and scheduling factors create…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise statutory amendment that clearly defines its objective and embeds the requirement into an existing Higher Education Act provision, but it provides only m…
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