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H.R. 8989 119th Congress House

Evidence-Based Youth Suicide Prevention Act of 2026

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out demonstration programs to develop, implement, and eval… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out demonstration programs to develop, implement, and evaluate evidence-based strategies to prevent suicide among children and adolescents, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 21, 2026 Introduced by: Brittany Pettersen Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 21, 2026
Introduced in House
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8989: Evidence-Based Youth Suicide Prevention Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8989/
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"H.R. 8989: Evidence-Based Youth Suicide Prevention Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8989/.
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H.R. 8989, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8989/.
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[H.R. 8989: Evidence-Based Youth Suicide Prevention Act of 2026](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8989/)
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