Hill December 23, 2023
Colton Underwood, former “Bachelor” star and ex-football player, has taken on a new endeavor of championing mental health care access for student-athletes by putting his name behind a bipartisan bill introduced earlier this year.
In September, Sens. John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced the Targeting Emotional And Mental Stability (TEAMS) Act, which would make mental health initiatives for college athletes eligible for the Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) Campus Suicide Prevention Grant program.
The senators were both college football players — Booker played for the Stanford University Cardinals and Boozman for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks.
If passed, the TEAMS Act would amend the Public Health Service Act to facilitate access for college athletes to counseling,...
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