Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Assisting School Mental Health Professionals Through Work Study Act of 2021”.
Assisting School Mental Health Professionals Through Work Study Act of 2021
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include student assistance to certain mental health professionals as community services under the Federal work-study program.
Sec. 2 School-based mental health community services
Section 441(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087–51(c)) is amended—
in paragraph (3), by striking “and” after the semicolon;
in paragraph (4)(C), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(5) activities in which a student assists a mental health professional with appropriate tasks (which may include administrative assistance, but which shall not include the direct provision of mental health services by the student), provided that the mental health professional—
“(A) is a school-based mental health services provider (as such term is defined in section 4102(6) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) of any preschool, Head Start program, early childhood education program, or elementary or secondary school that serves community residents; or
“(B) is an overseer of a school-based mental health services provider described in subparagraph (A).”