STANDUP Act of 2021

IIB 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 586 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 13, 2021 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions AN ACT To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide best practices on student suicide awareness and prevention training and condition State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and tribal educational agencies re- ceiving funds under section 520A of such Act to establish and implement a school-based student suicide awareness and prevention training policy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:41 May 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H586.RFS H586 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 HR 586 RFS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Suicide Training and 2 Awareness Nationally Delivered for Universal Prevention 3 Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘STANDUP Act of 2021’’. 4 SEC. 2. STUDENT SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION 5 TRAINING. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Public Health Serv- 7 ice Act is amended by inserting after section 520A of such 8 Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–32) the following: 9 ‘‘SEC. 520B. STUDENT SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVEN- 10 TION TRAINING POLICIES. 11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition on receipt of 12 funds under section 520A, each State educational agency, 13 local educational agency, and Tribal educational agency 14 that receives such funds, directly or through a State or 15 Indian Tribe, for activities to be performed within sec- 16 ondary schools, including the Project AWARE State Edu- 17 cation Agency Grant Program, shall— 18 ‘‘(1) establish and implement a school-based 19 student suicide awareness and prevention training 20 policy; 21 ‘‘(2) consult with stakeholders (including prin- 22 cipals, teachers, parents, local Tribal officials, and 23 other school leaders) in the development of the pol- 24 icy under subsection (a)(1); and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:41 May 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H586.RFS H586 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 HR 586 RFS ‘‘(3) collect and report information in accord- 1 ance with subsection (c). 2 ‘‘(b) SCHOOL-BASED STUDENT SUICIDE AWARENESS 3 AND PREVENTION TRAINING POLICY.—A school-based 4 student suicide awareness and prevention training policy 5 implemented pursuant to subsection (a)— 6 ‘‘(1) shall be evidence-based; 7 ‘‘(2) shall be culturally and linguistically appro- 8 priate; 9 ‘‘(3) shall provide evidence-based training to 10 students in grades 6 through 12, in coordination 11 with school-based mental health service providers as 12 defined in section 4102(6) of the Elementary and 13 Secondary Education Act of 1965, if applicable, re- 14 garding— 15 ‘‘(A) suicide education and awareness, in- 16 cluding warning signs of self-harm or suicidal 17 ideation; 18 ‘‘(B) methods that students can use to 19 seek help for themselves and others; and 20 ‘‘(C) student resources for suicide aware- 21 ness and prevention; 22 ‘‘(4) shall provide for retraining of such stu- 23 dents every school year; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:41 May 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H586.RFS H586 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 HR 586 RFS ‘‘(5) may last for such period as the State edu- 1 cational agency, local educational agency, or Tribal 2 educational agency involved determines to be appro- 3 priate; 4 ‘‘(6) may be implemented through any delivery 5 method, including in-person trainings, digital 6 trainings, or train-the-trainer models; and 7 ‘‘(7) may include discussion of comorbidities or 8 risk factors for suicidal ideation or self-harm, includ- 9 ing substance misuse, sexual or physical abuse, men- 10 tal illness, or other evidence-based comorbidities and 11 risk factors. 12 ‘‘(c) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION AND REPORT- 13 ING.—Each State educational agency, local educational 14 agency, and Tribal educational agency that receives funds 15 under section 520A shall, with respect to each school 16 served by the agency, collect and report to the Secretary 17 the following information: 18 ‘‘(1) The number of student trainings con- 19 ducted. 20 ‘‘(2) The number of students trained, disaggre- 21 gated by age and grade level. 22 ‘‘(3) The number of help-seeking reports made 23 by students after implementation of such policy. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:41 May 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H586.RFS H586 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 HR 586 RFS ‘‘(d) EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAM LISTING.—The 1 Secretary of Health and Human Services shall coordinate 2 with the Secretary of Education to make publicly available 3 the policies established by State educational agencies, local 4 educational agencies, and Tribal educational agencies pur- 5 suant to this section and the training that is available to 6 students and teams pursuant to such policies, including 7 identification of whether such training is available to 8 trainees at no cost. 9 ‘‘(e) IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE.—A State edu- 10 cational agency, local educational agency, or Tribal edu- 11 cational agency shall establish and begin implementation 12 of the policies required by subsection (a)(1) not later than 13 the beginning of the third fiscal year following the date 14 of enactment of this section for which the agency receives 15 funds under section 520A. 16 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section and section 17 520B–1: 18 ‘‘(1) The term ‘evidence-based’ has the meaning 19 given to such term in section 8101 of the Elemen- 20 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 21 ‘‘(2) The term ‘local educational agency’ has 22 the meaning given to such term in section 8101 of 23 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 24 1965. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:41 May 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H586.RFS H586 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 6 HR 586 RFS ‘‘(3) The term ‘State educational agency’ has 1 the meaning given to such term in section 8101 of 2 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 3 1965. 4 ‘‘(4) The term ‘Tribal educational agency’ has 5 the meaning given to the term ‘tribal educational 6 agency’ in section 6132 of the Elementary and Sec- 7 ondary Education Act of 1965. 8 ‘‘SEC. 520B–1. BEST PRACTICES FOR STUDENT SUICIDE 9 AWARENESS AND PREVENTION TRAINING. 10 ‘‘The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in 11 consultation with the Secretary of Education and the Bu- 12 reau of Indian Education, shall— 13 ‘‘(1) publish best practices for school-based stu- 14 dent suicide awareness and prevention training, pur- 15 suant to section 520B, that are based on— 16 ‘‘(A) evidence-based practices; and 17 ‘‘(B) input from relevant Federal agencies, 18 national organizations, Indian Tribes and Trib- 19 al organizations, and related stakeholders; 20 ‘‘(2) publish guidance, based on the best prac- 21 tices under paragraph (1), to provide State edu- 22 cational agencies, local educational agencies, and 23 Tribal educational agencies with information on stu- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:41 May 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H586.RFS H586 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 7 HR 586 RFS dent suicide awareness and prevention best prac- 1 tices; 2 ‘‘(3) disseminate such best practices to State 3 educational agencies, local educational agencies, and 4 Tribal educational agencies; and 5 ‘‘(4) provide technical assistance to State edu- 6 cational agencies, local educational agencies, and 7 Tribal educational agencies.’’. 8 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 9 The amendments made by this Act shall only apply 10 with respect to applications for assistance under section 11 520A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb– 12 32) that are submitted after the date of enactment of this 13 Act. 14 Passed the House of Representatives May 12, 2021. Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:41 May 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H586.RFS H586 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS