Description:
H.R. 5619 would authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to state, local, tribal, and territorial public health departments for the surveillance of self-harm. The act would also authorize the Secretary to award grants to hospital emergency departments to provide self-harm and suicide prevention services. CBO estimates implementing this act would cost $197 million over the 2021 to 2025 period; such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriations. Section 2 of the act would authorize $20 million in each fiscal year from 2021 to 2025 for grants to collect data on self-harm and to produce a report to the Congress. Based on historical spending for similar activities, CBO estimates that implementing this section would cost $82 million over the 2021-2025 period. Section 3 of the act would authorize $30 million in each fiscal year from 2021 to 2025 for grants to hospital emergency departments to provide suicide and self-harm prevention services, and to produce a report to the Congress. Based on historical spending for similar activities, CBO estimates that implementing this section would cost $115 million over the 2021-2025 period.
