Require the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to collaborate on evidence-based mental health and suicide prevention plans that colleges and universities may use to support students.
Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.
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The Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act would support institutions of higher education in developing and implementing comprehensive mental health and suicide prevention plans... Specifically, the bill would require the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to collaborate and create evidence-based mental health plans that colleges and universities may use to promote positive mental health and address mental health crises among their students.
Scott reintroduced legislation that would direct ED and HHS to collaborate on evidence-based campus mental health and suicide prevention plans for colleges and universities.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official GovInfo record shows the current Senate bill is still an introduced bill version rather than enacted law.
shall develop and disseminate 1 or more evidence-based model mental health and suicide prevention action plans
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced Senate text matches the promise's substance by directing model evidence-based campus mental health and suicide prevention plans, but it depends on enactment.
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the bill would require the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to collaborate
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A Senate office announcement confirms Scott joined the 2026 reintroduction and describes the ED-HHS collaboration requirement, documenting effort but not delivery.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): A legislative tracker reports no Senate votes on S. 4843, reinforcing that the proposal had not advanced to passage by the latest available tracker update.
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The House companion was introduced and referred to committee, showing parallel congressional effort but not enactment.
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Last action Jun 18, 2026
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A tracker crawled on the refresh date still listed the Senate bill's last action as its June 18 introduction/referral, with no later lookback-window action found.