HB2412: Helping Kids Cope Act
- 1Introduced (current step)
- 2Passed One Chamber
- 3Passed Both Chambers
- 4Became Law
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Summary
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to increase national capacity to provide pediatric behavioral health services at children's hospitals and through community-based providers to improve children's access to care; and to authorize grants to begin to address large numbers of children boarding in emergency departments, to support the pediatric behavioral health workforce, and for other purposes.
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HB2412: Helping Kids Cope Act
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Sponsors
Lisa Rochester
Primary SponsorCo-sponsors (53)
Brian Fitzpatrick
Seth Magaziner
Kathy Castor
Tony Cardenas
Jamaal Bowman