Student-led campus interventions for students experiencing mental health or substance use disorders

Section 520E–2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–36b) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(10)— (A) by inserting and student organizations that promote peer mental health awareness, suicide prevention, or substance use disorder education after athletic teams; (B) by striking activities to educate students and inserting “activities— (A) to educate students; and (C) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking health. and inserting the following: “health; (B) to recognize and intervene effectively and appropriately with peers experiencing warning signs of mental health and substance use disorders; and (C) to develop and disseminate public service announcements, including digital and social media campaigns, that encourage students experiencing symptoms of mental health conditions or substance use disorders to recognize when assistance may be needed and to seek available campus, local, or national behavioral health resources.; (2) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (3), by striking services. and inserting services, including through student-led outreach activities to peers.; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (9) A plan to seek input from students and student groups, as applicable, with experience leading mental health awareness and education for peers, in order to carry out the program under the grant. (10) A description of how the applicant will provide outreach and behavioral health resource information to students enrolled in online, hybrid, distance-learning, or other remote education programs, including students residing in rural or medically underserved communities. (11) A description of how the applicant will ensure that outreach, education, screening, referral, and peer support activities supported through a grant under this section are accessible to students enrolled in online, hybrid, distance-learning, or other remote education programs, including through virtual engagement and telehealth-enabled resources, as appropriate.; and (3) in subsection (h)— (A) by striking may and inserting shall, to the maximum extent practicable and subject to the availability of appropriations,; (B) by striking to grantees and inserting the following: “to— (1) grantees; and (C) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking section. and inserting the following: “section; and (2) other institutions of higher education that applied for, but did not receive, a grant under this section but that plan to carry out activities similar to the activities funded by grants under this section..