Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Singles out firearms for suicide prevention rather than underlying mental health concerns and all methods used.
Title: Child Suicide Prevention Act
Subject:
Description: A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to establish or expand programs to implement evidence-aligned practices in health care settings for the purpose of reducing the suicide rates of covered individuals, and for other purposes.
Session: 119th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Last Action Date: March 25, 2026
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4210/all-info
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8 sponsors: Brian Schatz (D); Richard Blumenthal (D); Tim Kaine (D); Cory Booker (D); Amy Klobuchar (D); Ron Wyden (D); Angela Alsobrooks (D); Tammy Duckworth (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Mar 25 2026 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Apr 9 2026 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions
There have not been any votes on this bill