Expressing support for the designation of May 2025 as "Mental Health Awareness Month".
Sponsored By: Representative Salinas
Introduced
Summary
This bill would designate May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month and declare _mental health a national priority_. It catalogs rising mental-health needs and urges expanded funding, school-based prevention, and improved access for underserved groups.
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- Families and youth: Encourages early intervention and more school-based resources, noting about three in four students experienced one or more adverse childhood experiences and high rates of teen distress.
- Veterans: Highlights veterans' risks and urges targeted support, citing 6,392 veteran suicides in 2021 and a suicide rate about 72 percent higher than nonveterans.
- Access and equity: Calls for expanded funding and better coverage, noting 2 in 5 Americans reported needing mental health care and 43 percent of those did not receive it, with specific access gaps for communities of color and LGBTQ+ youth.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Salinas
OR • D
Cosponsors
Beyer
VA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Bacon
NE • R
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Gonzales, Tony
TX • R
Sponsored 5/21/2025
McClellan
VA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Sewell
AL • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Bonamici
OR • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Amo
RI • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Pettersen
CO • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Tonko
NY • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Casten
IL • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Costa
CA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Sherrill
NJ • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Kaptur
OH • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Randall
WA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Cisneros
CA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Ruiz
CA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Vasquez
NM • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large]
PR • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Castro (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Garcia (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Garcia (CA)
CA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Escobar
TX • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Velazquez
NY • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Landsman
OH • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Ramirez
IL • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Sorensen
IL • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Watson Coleman
NJ • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Williams (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Gottheimer
NJ • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Hoyle (OR)
OR • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Fitzpatrick
PA • R
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Thanedar
MI • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Tokuda
HI • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Brownley
CA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Balint
VT • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Dean (PA)
PA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Bera
CA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Cleaver
MO • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Evans (PA)
PA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Matsui
CA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Bell
MO • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
McIver
NJ • D
Sponsored 5/23/2025
Torres (CA)
CA • D
Sponsored 5/29/2025
Tran
CA • D
Sponsored 5/29/2025
Hayes
CT • D
Sponsored 6/4/2025
Rouzer
NC • R
Sponsored 6/20/2025
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