Signed by President Joe Biden, Jr.

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with senate amendments and pass a bill that amends and appropriates funds for various gun reforms including increased background checks, red flag laws, and school safety and mental health costs.

Highlights:

• Expands medicaid and telehealth programs to authorize individual access to community mental health service programs accross the country (Div. A, Title I, Sec. 1101-1103).

• Increases background check requirements for individuals under the age of 21 in order to buy, sell, or transfer firearms (Div. A, Title II, Sec. 12001).

• Amends the definition for misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence, which prevent individuals convicted from owning a firearm, to include “dating relationships” which are defined as a relationship between individuals who have or have recently had a continuing serious relationship of a romantic or intimate nature (Div. A, Title II, Sec. 12005).

• Establishes a federal clearinghouse on school safety standards to compile the best practices and data to make developmentally appropriate recommendations (Div. A, Title III, Sec. 13302).

• Appropriates the following amounts of federal funding for mental health care services in schools and local communities, including (Div. B, Title I, Sec. 13401):

• $1.05 billion for school improvement program grants intended to increase attendence and engagement in schools and community learning centers:

• exempts grant from being used to provide individuals dangerous weapons or training;

• $1 billion for safe schools and citizenship education, with;

• $500 million set aside for school-based mental health grants; and

• $500 million for grants to provide mental health proffesional development.

• $28 million for school-based trauma support;

• $80 million for pediatric rapid care for mental health;

• $60 million in mental health training for pediatricians;

• $50 million in grants for school-based mental health through the Children’s Health Insurance Program;

• $150 million for the suicide crisis hotline;

• $250 million for community mental health.

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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with house amendments and further amend a bill that amends and appropriates funds for various gun reforms including increased background checks, red flag laws, and school safety and mental health costs.

Highlights:

• Expands medicaid and telehealth programs to authorize individual access to community mental health service programs accross the country (Div. A, Title I, Sec. 1101-1103).

• Increases background check requirements for individuals under the age of 21 in order to buy, sell, or transfer firearms (Div. A, Title II, Sec. 12001).

• Amends the definition for misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence, which prevent individuals convicted from owning a firearm, to include “dating relationships” which are defined as a relationship between individuals who have or have recently had a continuing serious relationship of a romantic or intimate nature (Div. A, Title II, Sec. 12005).

• Establishes a federal clearinghouse on school safety standards to compile the best practices and data to make developmentally appropriate recommendations (Div. A, Title III, Sec. 13302).

• Appropriates the following amounts of federal funding for mental health care services in schools and local communities, including (Div. B, Title I, Sec. 13401):

• $1.05 billion for school improvement program grants intended to increase attendence and engagement in schools and community learning centers:

• exempts grant from being used to provide individuals dangerous weapons or training;

• $1 billion for safe schools and citizenship education, with;

• $500 million set aside for school-based mental health grants; and

• $500 million for grants to provide mental health proffesional development.

• $28 million for school-based trauma support;

• $80 million for pediatric rapid care for mental health;

• $60 million in mental health training for pediatricians;

• $50 million in grants for school-based mental health through the Children’s Health Insurance Program;

• $150 million for the suicide crisis hotline;

• $250 million for community mental health.

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text

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Full Bill Text