HR 6075
Immigrants’ Mental Health Act of 2020
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Bill overview
```json { "summary": "The Immigrants’ Mental Health Act of 2020 aims to improve mental health support for immigrants and border agents. It requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to develop and implement training programs for its personnel to identify and address mental health needs, particularly trauma-related issues. The bill also mandates the assignment of qualified mental health experts to CBP facilities and restricts the sharing of mental health information obtained by federal government professionals during an immigrant’s custody for use in immigration proceedings.", "keyProvisions": [ "Develops training curricula for CBP agents and officers on identifying trauma and providing crisis intervention.", "Requires CBP to assign qualified mental health experts to all
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Primary sponsor
Grace F. Napolitano
Cosponsors
Filemon Vela
Raúl M. Grijalva
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