S. 1062 · 119th Congress
Suicide Prevention Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Jack Reed
- Introduced
- 2025-03-13
- Latest action
- 2025-03-13 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Summary
Suicide Prevention Act
This bill establishes two grant programs to prevent self-harm and suicide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must award grants to state, local, and tribal health departments to expand surveillance of self-harm, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration must award grants to hospital emergency departments for programs to prevent suicide attempts among patients after discharge.