Suicide Prevention Act
Latest action (13 Mar 2025): Introduced
What this bill does
The Suicide Prevention Act (S. 1062) would create two new federal grant programs administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. The first authorizes the Secretary of HHS to award grants to state, local, tribal, and territorial public health departments to expand surveillance of self-harm, requiring grantees to share near-real-time data with the CDC, broken into categories such as nonfatal self-harm, suicidal ideation, and cases with or without evidence of suicidal intent. Priority would go to areas with above-average rates of nonfatal suicidal behavior or high emergency-department data coverage, with attention to rural and underserved communities. The second program funds grants to hospital emergency departments to screen patients for self-harm and suicide risk, provide short-term prevention services, and refer patients for long-term care, including hiring or training staff.
This bill would affect public health agencies, hospitals, and patients receiving emergency care, aiming to improve tracking of self-harm trends and connect at-risk patients to follow-up services. Both programs would be authorized at $30 million per year from fiscal years 2026 through 2030, require periodic reporting to Congress, and include privacy protections for collected data.
The bill was introduced in the Senate on March 13, 2025, by Senator Jack Reed with Senator Jerry Moran, and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. It has not yet received a committee vote or floor action, and would need to pass both chambers and be signed into law before taking effect.
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Official summary
This bill is in the first stage of the legislative process. It was introduced into Congress on March 13, 2025. It will typically be considered by committee next before it is possibly sent on to the House or Senate as a whole.
Common questions
- What does S. 1062 do?
- The Suicide Prevention Act (S. 1062) would create two new federal grant programs administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. The first authorizes the Secretary of HHS to award grants to state, local, tribal, and territorial public health departments to expand surveillance of self-harm, requiring grantees to share near-real-time data with the CDC, broken into categories such as nonfatal self-harm, suicidal ideation, and cases with or without evidence of suicidal intent. Priority would go to areas with above-average rates of nonfatal suicidal behavior or high emergency-department data coverage, with attention to rural and underserved communities. The second program funds grants to hospital emergency departments to screen patients for self-harm and suicide risk, provide short-term prevention services, and refer patients for long-term care, including hiring or training staff. This bill would affect public health agencies, hospitals, and patients receiving emergency care, aiming to improve tracking of self-harm trends and connect at-risk patients to follow-up services. Both programs would be authorized at $30 million per year from fiscal years 2026 through 2030, require periodic reporting to Congress, and include privacy protections for collected data. The bill was introduced in the Senate on March 13, 2025, by Senator Jack Reed with Senator Jerry Moran, and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. It has not yet received a committee vote or floor action, and would need to pass both chambers and be signed into law before taking effect.
- Has S. 1062 become law?
- Not yet. As of 13 Mar 2025, S. 1062 is introduced.
- Who sponsored S. 1062?
- S. 1062 was sponsored by Sen. John F. “Jack” Reed [D-RI] (Democrat-RI), with 1 cosponsor.
- What's the latest action on S. 1062?
- Introduced (13 Mar 2025).
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