Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act
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Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act
This bill authorizes competitive grants to enhance services for school-aged youth with mental and behavioral health issues that can lead to poor academic performance, depression, and other negative outcomes.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) may award the grants to state or local educational agencies or Indian tribes. SAMHSA must ensure geographic representation, including with respect to rural areas, in the distribution of grant funds.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3628: Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3628/
"S. 3628: Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3628/.
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