1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Creating Access and Resources in Education for Student Mental Health Act or the CARE for Student Mental Health Act . 2. Purposes The purposes of this Act are to address the student mental health crisis by— (1) increasing the number of, and diversifying, school-based mental health services providers; and (2) supporting local educational agencies in recruiting, hiring, retaining, and diversifying school-based mental health services providers to meet the mental health needs of students. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) ESEA Definitions The terms child with a disability , educational service agency , elementary school , English learner , evidence-based , institution of higher education , local educational agency , other staff , outlying area , paraprofessional , professional development , school leader , secondary school , specialized instructional support personnel , Secretary , State , and State educational agency have the meaning given those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ). (2) Eligible institution The term eligible institution means an institution of higher education that offers a program of study in— (A) school psychology that prepares students in such program for a State credential as a school psychologist; (B) school counseling that prepares students in such program for a State credential as a school counselor; (C) school social work that prepares students in such program for a State credential as a school social worker; (D) another school-based mental health field that prepares students in such program for a State license or credential as a school-based mental health services provider under State law or regulation, as determined by the Secretary