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Article: SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH CARE BILL INTRODUCED BY SENS. DOMENICI, KENNEDY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 8, 2007
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The office of Sen. Pete V. Domenici, R-N.M., issued the following press release:
Sen. Pete Domenici today again teamed with Sen. Edward Kennedy to introduce mental health legislation, this time with a measure to expand resources and training to establish school-based mental health access for students.
The Mental Health in Schools Act of 2007 was introduced on National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day. The measure would amend the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Act to help provide more and better opportunities for public school children get the mental health services they may need. It authorizes a competitive grant program to support comprehensive school-based mental health programs for ...