This bill amends the Higher Education Act to direct the Secretary of Education to encourage colleges and universities to develop and implement evidence-based mental health and suicide prevention plans on their campuses. The Secretary is instructed to coordinate these efforts with the Department of Health and Human Services and align them with recommendations from the Suicide Prevention Resource Center and existing federal mental health programs. The legislation allows the Secretary to work with nonprofits, community organizations, and campus mental health experts to support these planning efforts, though it explicitly does not create new legal requirements for colleges or grant the Secretary new regulatory powers. The Secretary must report to Congress on the implementation of these efforts one year after the bill's enactment and again three years after enactment. The bill does not specify dedicated funding amounts for these efforts.
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