ICYMI: Rep. Wild Recognizes Mental Wellness Awareness Month on Property Floor | The Valley Ledger

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Susan Wild spoke on the Property floor to recognize Mental Wellness Awareness Month and contact focus to the mental overall health crisis young folks are experiencing: a crisis that demands addressing by way of legislation like the Enhancing Mental Wellness and Suicide Prevention By way of Campus Arranging Act.

“Mental overall health is an concern close to my heart, and guaranteeing that every person has access to the mental overall health care they require is 1 of my top rated priorities in Congress,” mentioned Congresswoman Susan Wild. “That’s why I will quickly be reintroducing my Enhancing Mental Wellness and Suicide Prevention By way of Campus Arranging Act which promotes constructive mental overall health amongst college students and encourages extra extensive preparing on college campuses to avoid suicide and other mental crises.”

Rep. Wild introduced the Enhancing Mental Wellness and Suicide Prevention By way of Campus Arranging Act final year and will quickly be reintroducing the bill this Congress. This legislation will assist to address the mental overall health crisis on college campuses by requiring the Division of Education to coordinate with the Secretary of Wellness and Human Solutions to encourage institutions of larger education to create and implement extensive mental overall health and suicide prevention plans.

About Rep. Wild’s Perform to Raise Access to Mental Wellness Care:

• Rep. Wild shepherded into law the Dr. Lorna Breen Wellness Care Provider Protection Act, legislation to address the mental overall health crisis amongst overall health care experts.
• Rep. Wild partnered with Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) in pushing for the highest funding probable for the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Wellness Solutions Administration (SAMHSA) to combat the mental overall health and opioid crises.
• Rep. Wild introduced the bipartisan Supporting the Mental Wellness of Employees and Educators Act to raise access to mental overall health sources for educators and college employees to minimize educator tension, market teacher wellbeing, and make the foundation for teacher longevity.

Click HERE to watch the entirety of Rep. Wild’s floor speech or see a transcript under:

“I rise in recognition of Mental Wellness Awareness Month, especially as it pertains to the struggles young folks face in our nation currently. 

“Mental overall health is an concern close to my heart, and guaranteeing that every person has access to the mental overall health care they require is 1 of my top rated priorities in Congress. 

“In a current national survey, 71% of college students reported experiencing mental overall health problems such as tension, anxiousness, and depression. 

“That’s why I will quickly be reintroducing my bill, Enhancing Mental Wellness and Suicide Prevention By way of Campus Arranging Act, which promotes constructive mental overall health amongst college students and encourages extra extensive preparing on college campuses to avoid suicide and other mental crises. 

“School and college campuses do not have the counselors or solutions required to guarantee every single 1 of our young folks has a vibrant future—and it is our job to make certain they do.”

Facts offered to TVL by:
Olivia Taylor-Puckett