WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Susan Wild spoke on the Residence floor to recognize Mental Wellness Awareness Month and contact focus to the mental overall health crisis young individuals are experiencing: a crisis that demands addressing by means of legislation like the Enhancing Mental Wellness and Suicide Prevention By means of Campus Organizing Act.
“Mental overall health is an situation close to my heart, and making certain that absolutely everyone has access to the mental overall health care they require is a single of my leading priorities in Congress,” mentioned Congresswoman Susan Wild. “That’s why I will quickly be reintroducing my Enhancing Mental Wellness and Suicide Prevention By means of Campus Organizing Act which promotes good mental overall health amongst college students and encourages extra complete organizing on college campuses to protect against suicide and other mental crises.”
Rep. Wild introduced the Enhancing Mental Wellness and Suicide Prevention By means of Campus Organizing Act final year and will quickly be reintroducing the bill this Congress. This legislation will assist to address the mental overall health crisis on college campuses by requiring the Division of Education to coordinate with the Secretary of Wellness and Human Solutions to encourage institutions of larger education to create and implement complete mental overall health and suicide prevention plans.
About Rep. Wild’s Function to Raise Access to Mental Wellness Care:
- Rep. Wild shepherded into law the Dr. Lorna Breen Wellness Care Provider Protection Act, legislation to address the mental overall health crisis amongst overall health care pros.
- Rep. Wild partnered with Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) in pushing for the highest funding probable for the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Wellness Solutions Administration (SAMHSA) to combat the mental overall health and opioid crises.
- Rep. Wild introduced the bipartisan Supporting the Mental Wellness of Employees and Educators Act to enhance access to mental overall health sources for educators and college employees to minimize educator pressure, market teacher wellbeing, and develop the foundation for teacher longevity.
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“I rise in recognition of Mental Wellness Awareness Month, especially as it pertains to the struggles young individuals face in our nation currently.
“Mental overall health is an situation close to my heart, and making certain that absolutely everyone has access to the mental overall health care they require is a single of my leading priorities in Congress.
“In a current national survey, 71% of college students reported experiencing mental overall health troubles such as pressure, anxiousness, and depression.
“That’s why I will quickly be reintroducing my bill, Enhancing Mental Wellness and Suicide Prevention By means of Campus Organizing Act, which promotes good mental overall health amongst college students and encourages extra complete organizing on college campuses to protect against suicide and other mental crises.
“School and college campuses do not have the counselors or solutions required to guarantee every single a single of our young individuals has a vibrant future—and it is our job to make positive they do.”
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Olivia Taylor-Puckett
