Mental Health and Substance Abuse Juvenile Services Improvement Act of 2007

To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve mental health and substance abuse services for juveniles.

6/11/2007--Introduced.
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Juvenile Services Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to support programs to promote mental health among all children and their families and to prov more...ide early intervention services to ameliorate identified mental health problems in children. Requires the Secretary to provide an equitable distribution of such grants by region. Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services, to award grants for programs that address the service needs of juveniles by requiring the state or local juvenile system, the mental health system, and the substance abuse treatment system to work collectively to ensure:
(1) the appropriate diversion of such juveniles from incarceration;
(2) the provision of appropriate mental health and substance abuse services as an alternative to incarceration; and
(3) the provision of follow-up services for juveniles who are discharged from the juvenile justice system. Provides funding for the provision of emergency mental health and substance abuse treatment and prevention services to children who are directly affected by public health emergencies. Allows the Secretary to award grants to enable eligible entities to increase the coordination and development of disaster preparedness efforts relating to the needs of children.

Sponsor

• Rep. William Jefferson [D, LA-2]

Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 1 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.2647

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
June 11, 2007

Related Issue Areas:

• Health policy
• Budgets
• Child health
• Children
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• Continuum of care
• Corrections
• Criminal justice
• Disasters
• Drug abuse
• Drug abuse treatment
• Education
• Elementary and secondary education
• Emergency management
• Emergency medicine
• Federal aid to child health services
• Juvenile delinquency
• Medical care
• Medicine
• Mental health
• Mental health services
• Prison alternatives
• Rehabilitation of criminals
• School health programs
• Youth services

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March 29, 2008 Archie McPhee worried by toy testing bill

I do understand AM's argument that their sales don't necessarily implicate some of the concerns motivating HR 2647. Anecdotally they seem to sell substantially to young adults but creating an exemption for toys sold to adults will blast ...

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November 06, 2007 Doris Gunn remembered

Doris’s passion was to make the world a safe and just place for her children and grandchildren — for all children and grandchildren, forever. We ask that you make her cause yours by supporting HR-2647, the Nuclear Disarmament and ...

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June 10, 2007 HR 2647, To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve mental ...

HR 2647 would amend the Public Health Service Act to improve mental health and substance abuse services for juveniles....

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