H.R. 7780 · 117th Congress
Mental Health Matters Act
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Mark DeSaulnier
- Introduced
- 2022-05-16
- Latest action
- 2022-10-11 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Summary
Mental Health Matters Act
This bill requires certain federal actions to increase access to mental and behavioral health care. Among other provisions, the bill creates various grants to increase the number of school-based mental health services providers, establishes requirements for institutions of higher education concerning students with disabilities, prohibits arbitration and discretionary clauses in employer-sponsored benefit plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and establishes an occupational research program on mental health.