Bill would support suicide prevention training for health care workers
AHA Feb. 22 voiced support for the Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act (H.R. 7265), legislation that would provide funding for training programs to help health care workers identify patients at high risk for suicide or self-harm. The bill would also provide grants to facilitate suicide prevention training at health professions schools.
“The AHA appreciates your leadership on this critical issue and looks forward to working with you to secure enactment of this important legislation,” the association told Sen. Brian Schatz D- Hawaii, and Reps. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., and Kim Schrier, D-Wash., who introduced the bill this month.
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