Improving Mental Health in Schools Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3055 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include certain mental health professionals as specialized instructional support personnel. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 2, 2023 Mr. HARDER of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include certain mental health professionals as specialized instructional support personnel. 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 ‘‘Improving Mental 4 Health in Schools Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PER- 6 SONNEL. 7 Section 8101(47)(A)(i) of the Elementary and Sec- 8 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(47)(A)(i)) 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:45 May 13, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3055.IH H3055 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3055 IH is amended by striking ‘‘and school psychologists’’ and in- 1 serting ‘‘school psychologists, and other qualified mental 2 health professionals involved in providing mental health 3 services for students, including marriage and family thera- 4 pists, licensed professional clinical counselors, licensed 5 clinical social workers, and clinical psychologists (includ- 6 ing individuals completing supervised postgraduate hours 7 required to become a marriage and family therapist, li- 8 censed professional clinical counselor, licensed clinical so- 9 cial worker, or clinical psychologist)’’. 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:45 May 13, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3055.IH H3055 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS