H.R. 2877: Behavioral Intervention Guidelines Act of 2021
Bill · 117th Congress (2021–2022). Passed House, 13 May 2021. Introduced 28 Apr 2021.
Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop best practices for the establishment and use of behavioral intervention teams at schools, and for other purposes.
Vote results
- House, 13 May 2021: Passed, 323 Yea, 93 Nay, 2 Present, 12 Not voting. The House’s roll call
- President: Not presented to the President.
How each member voted
House
Yea (323): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR-4); Fred Upton (R-MI-6); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); David E. Price (D-NC-4); Jim Cooper (D-TN-5); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Ken Calvert (R-CA-42); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-18); Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30); Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12); Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-35); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19); Steve Chabot (R-OH-1); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Kevin Brady (R-TX-8); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Ron Kind (D-WI-3); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Brad Sherman (D-CA-30); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-32); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Mike Thompson (D-CA-5); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); James R. Langevin (D-RI-2); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-28); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-3); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); Tim Ryan (D-OH-13); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-50); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-16); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Louie Gohmert (R-TX-1); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-23); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-6); Albio Sires (D-NJ-8); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-23); Jerry McNerney (D-CA-9); Ed Perlmutter (D-CO-7); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Peter Welch (D-VT-AL); John A. Yarmuth (D-KY-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); André Carson (D-IN-7); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5); John Garamendi (D-CA-3); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Bob Gibbs (R-OH-7); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Vicky Hartzler (R-MO-4); Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-2); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-16); Billy Long (R-MO-7); David B. McKinley (R-WV-1); Steven M. Palazzo (R-MS-4); David Schweikert (R-AZ-6); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Ami Bera (D-CA-7); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Rodney Davis (R-IL-13); Richard Hudson (R-NC-8); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-5); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ-2); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Alan S. Lowenthal (D-CA-47); Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY-18); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-2); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-52); Tom Rice (R-SC-7); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15); Mark Takano (D-CA-41); Juan Vargas (D-CA-51); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-31); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Jody B. Hice (R-GA-10); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); John Katko (R-NY-24); Ted Lieu (D-CA-33); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-4); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); Kathleen M. Rice (D-NY-4); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-21); Darin LaHood (R-IL-18); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Ted Budd (R-NC-13); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); Liz Cheney (R-WY-AL); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Val Butler Demings (D-FL-10); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-15); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN-9); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-18); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-4); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Conor Lamb (D-PA-17); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); Cynthia Axne (D-IA-3); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Josh Harder (D-CA-10); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Elaine G. Luria (D-VA-2); Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-7); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-3); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Katie Porter (D-CA-45); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-8); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-9); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Van Taylor (R-TX-3); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-22); Fred Keller (R-PA-12); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA-7); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Madison Cawthorn (R-NC-11); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-15); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-26); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Yvette Herrell (R-NM-2); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-1); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53); Kaiali’i Kahele (D-HI-2); Young Kim (R-CA-39); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-10); Peter Meijer (R-MI-3); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-2); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-8); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-48); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Don Young (R-AK-AL); Michael F. Doyle (D-PA-18); Devin Nunes (R-CA-22); G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-1); Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-1); Theodore E. Deutch (D-FL-22); Tom Reed (R-NY-23); Steve Stivers (R-OH-15); Jackie Walorski (R-IN-2); Charlie Crist (D-FL-13); Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19); Jim Hagedorn (R-MN-1).
Nay (93): Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Bobby L. Rush (D-IL-1); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Barbara Lee (D-CA-13); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Al Green (D-TX-9); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Tom McClintock (R-CA-4); Judy Chu (D-CA-27); Karen Bass (D-CA-37); Mo Brooks (R-AL-5); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-4); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Lois Frankel (D-FL-21); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-7); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); Brenda L. Lawrence (D-MI-14); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Anthony G. Brown (D-MD-4); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Al Lawson, Jr. (D-FL-5); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Andy Levin (D-MI-9); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Dan Bishop (R-NC-9); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Mondaire Jones (D-NY-17); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Marie Newman (D-IL-3); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-AL); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-4).
Present (2): Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15).
Not voting (12): Jackie Speier (D-CA-14); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Lee M. Zeldin (R-NY-1); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Stephanie N. Murphy (D-FL-7); Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ-1); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Mike Garcia (R-CA-25); Chris Jacobs (R-NY-27); Filemon Vela (D-TX-34).
Speaker, not listed (1): Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12).
Not in office (18): Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Connie Conway (R-CA-22); Mayra Flores (R-TX-34); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-19); Joseph Sempolinski (R-NY-23); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL-20); Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH-11); Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-2); Debra A. Haaland (D-NM-1); Ron Wright (R-TX-6).
Summary
Main subject: Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to identify and facilitate best practices for elementary schools, secondary schools and institutions of higher education to establish and use behavioral intervention teams. Sec. 2
Its core areas: Best practices for behavioral intervention teams in schools and institutions of higher education; Technical assistance to schools on implementing behavioral intervention teams.
Unexpected Items: 0 provisions
What it does
- Sec. 2: Adds section 520H to the Public Health Service Act, directing the Secretary to identify and facilitate development of best practices to assist elementary schools, secondary schools and institutions of higher education in establishing and using behavioral intervention teams.
- Sec. 2: Requires the best practices to include guidance on how teams can operate from an evidence-based, objective perspective while protecting the constitutional and civil rights of individuals.
- Sec. 2: Requires the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Education, the Attorney General, school and campus personnel, parents, law enforcement agencies, privacy experts and others listed in the text when developing the best practices.
- Sec. 2: Requires the Secretary to publish the best practices on the website of the Department of Health and Human Services not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the new section.
- Sec. 2: Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance to institutions of higher education, elementary schools and secondary schools in implementing the best practices.
- Sec. 2: Defines a behavioral intervention team as a team of qualified individuals who identify and assess individuals exhibiting concerning behaviors, develop and facilitate evidence-based interventions, and provide information to students, parents and school employees.
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