United States HR 9036: Peer-to-Peer Suicide Prevention Act

Bill Text

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117TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. 9036
To establish a grant program to facilitate peer-to-peer suicide prevention
programs for middle school and high school students, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
Mr. BEYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy
and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To establish a grant program to facilitate peer-to-peer suicide
prevention programs for middle school and high school
students, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Peer-to-Peer Suicide 4
Prevention Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. PEER-TO-PEER SUICIDE PREVENTION GRANT PRO-1
GRAM. 2
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 3
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 4
Education shall establish a program (in this section, re-5
ferred to as the ‘‘Program’’) to award grants, on a com-6
petitive basis, to eligible entities for the purpose of facili-7
tating peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs for middle 8
school and high school students. 9
(b) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant 10
under the Program, an eligible entity shall submit to the 11
Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, 12
and containing such information as the Secretary deter-13
mines appropriate. 14
(c) USE OF AMOUNTS.—An eligible entity may only 15
use grant amounts provided under the Program to— 16
(1) assist an existing peer-to-peer suicide pre-17
vention program; or 18
(2) establish a new peer-to-peer suicide preven-19
tion program. 20
(d) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FEDERAL PRO-21
GRAMS.—An eligible entity that receives a grant under the 22
Program may combine such grant with other Federal 23
funds awarded to support the activities carried out with 24
the grant. 25
(e) AWARDING OF GRANTS.— 26
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(1) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under the 1
Program, the Secretary shall give priority to the fol-2
lowing: 3
(A) Eligible entities not previously awarded 4
a grant under the Program. 5
(B) Eligible entities proposing to use grant 6
amounts to establish a new peer-to-peer suicide 7
prevention program. 8
(C) Eligible entities that demonstrate the 9
ability to provide peer-to-peer suicide prevention 10
programming that is evidence-informed. 11
(D) Eligible entities that demonstrate the 12
ability to provide peer-to-peer suicide prevention 13
programming that is culturally and linguis-14
tically competent. 15
(E) Peer-to-peer suicide prevention pro-16
grams focused primarily on student, rather 17
than teacher, training. 18
(2) GRANT AMOUNTS.—A grant awarded to an 19
eligible entity under the Program may not exceed 20
$5,000. 21
(f) COORDINATION WITH SAMHSA.—The Secretary 22
shall consult with the Administrator of the Substance 23
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for pur-24
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poses of developing the Program and selecting eligible en-1
tities to receive grants under Program. 2
(g) EVALUATION PROCESS.—The Secretary shall de-3
velop and implement a process to evaluate the perform-4
ance of eligible entities that receive grants under the Pro-5
gram. The Secretary shall ensure that the evaluation proc-6
ess incorporates input from students. 7
(h) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of 8
Education and the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-9
ices (acting through the Administrator of the Substance 10
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) shall 11
carry out a program to provide technical assistance to eli-12
gible entities applying for and receiving grants under this 13
section, which shall include the development and dissemi-14
nation of best practices for peer-to-peer suicide prevention 15
programs. 16
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 17
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 18
$20,000,000 each fiscal year. 19
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 20
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-21
ty’’ means any of the following that serve at least 22
one school that provides education at the middle 23
school or high school level: 24
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