CTE Student Mental Health and Wellness Act

119 HR 5553 IH: CTE Student Mental Health and Wellness Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-09-23 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5553 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 23, 2025 Mr. Langworthy (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , and Ms. Bonamici ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure area career and technical education schools are eligible for mental health and substance use disorder service grants. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the CTE Student Mental Health and Wellness Act . 2. Mental health and substance use disorder services for students in higher education Section 520E–2 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290bb–36b ) is amended— (1) in subsections (a) through (f)— (A) by striking an institution of higher education each place it appears and inserting a covered institution ; (B) by striking the institution of higher education each place it appears and inserting the covered institution ; and (C) by striking institutions of higher education each place it appears and inserting covered institutions ; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking Any institution of higher education and inserting Any covered institution ; and (B) in paragraph (5), by striking institution of higher education supported and inserting covered institution–supported ; and (3) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows: (g) Covered institution defined In this section, the term covered institution means— (1) an area career and technical education school (as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006); and (2) an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965). .