This bill expands eligibility for federal mental health and substance use disorder service grants to include area career and technical education schools, which were previously excluded from these funding programs. The legislation amends the Public Health Service Act to recognize both traditional colleges and universities and career and technical education schools as eligible institutions that can receive grants to support student mental health services. The change affects students attending vocational and technical education programs who currently lack access to the same mental health resources available to students at traditional higher education institutions. The bill does not specify new funding amounts or implementation timelines but clarifies that existing mental health grant programs should now be accessible to career and technical education schools on the same basis as traditional colleges and universities.
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