Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act

This bill aims to make it easier for college students to find help in a crisis. It requires schools that give out student ID cards to print phone numbers on the card for three resources: the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line, and a campus mental health center or program. If a school doesn’t issue ID cards, it must post this contact info on its website. If one of the national hotlines changes or shuts down, the government can name a similar replacement to list instead .

These changes start one year after the bill becomes law, giving schools time to update cards and websites .

• Who is affected: Colleges and universities, and their students
• What changes: Student ID cards (if issued) must include phone numbers for 988, the Crisis Text Line, and a campus mental health resource; if no IDs are issued, the info must be on the school website. A similar service can be listed if a hotline no longer exists
• When it happens: One year after the law is enacted