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S. 2826 119th Congress Senate

988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to dedicate sufficient resources for the support of LGBTQ+ youth seeking help from the 9-8-8 suicid… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to dedicate sufficient resources for the support of LGBTQ+ youth seeking help from the 9-8-8 suicide prevention hotline, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 17, 2025 Introduced by: Tammy Baldwin Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
Health Emergency communications systemsMental healthSex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
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Mar 19, 2026
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Sep 17, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 17, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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What's happening now March 19, 2026

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

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988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act of 2025

This bill reestablishes specialized services for youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQ+) and seeking help from the 9-8-8 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. This lifeline, which is administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is a three-digit number that connects callers in suicidal crisis or mental health distress to a national network of crisis centers.

Previously, callers under the age of 25 could call the lifeline and press 3 to access specialized support for LGBTQ+ youth, but this subnetwork closed in 2025. The bill requires SAMHSA to reestablish and maintain these specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth seeking help from the lifeline. Also, the bill requires a certain minimum percentage of the funds appropriated for implementing the lifeline to be reserved for these services to LGBTQ+ youth.

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 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5434 988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act of 2025
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Sep 17, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2826: 988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2826/
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"S. 2826: 988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2826/.
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S. 2826, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2826/.
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