Elementary and Secondary Counseling Improvement Act of 2001, H.R. 1508
Sponsored by Rep. Roukema (R-NJ), this newly-introduced bill authorizes $100 million in grants to start or expand school-based counseling and mental health programs. The bill lists child and adolescent psychiatrists, along with school counselors, school psychologists and school social workers, as qualified providers of mental health services. The movement of more child and adolescent psychiatrists into schools will encourage earlier identification of children and adolescents with mental illnesses and improve outreach to children who would not otherwise seek treatment.
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