119-HR5553

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House Senate President

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 5553

1. Short title
2. Mental health and substance use disorder services for students in higher education

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "CTE Student Mental Health and Wellness Act".

2. Mental health and substance use disorder services for students in higher education

Section 520E–2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–36b) is amended—

(1) - in subsections (a) through (f)—

(A) - by striking "an institution of higher education" each place it appears and inserting "a covered institution";

(B) - by striking "the institution of higher education" each place it appears and inserting "the covered institution"; and

(C) - by striking "institutions of higher education" each place it appears and inserting "covered institutions";

(2) - in subsection (c)—

(A) - in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking "Any institution of higher education" and inserting "Any covered institution"; and

(B) - in paragraph (5), by striking "institution of higher education supported" and inserting "covered institution–supported"; and

(3) Covered institution defined - by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:

(g) Covered institution defined - In this section, the term covered institution means—

(1) - an area career and technical education school (as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006); and

(2) - an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965).