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Helping Kids Through Trauma Act

S. 5310 · 117th Congress · Dec 20, 2022 · Lineage

A BILL

To ensure that mental and behavioral health education and training grants awarded under section 756(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act may be used for training to increase skills and capacity to meet the needs of children and adolescents who have experienced trauma.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Helping Kids Through Trauma Act”.

Sec. 2 Use of Graduate Psychology Education Program funds

Section 756(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294e–1(a)(4)) is amended by inserting “, including training to increase skills and capacity to meet the needs of children and adolescents who have experienced trauma” before the period at the end.