# 116-hr-5469: Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act

116-hr-5469, Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5469
- Congress: 116
- Title: Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Introduced: 2019-12-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 35
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act of 2019 This bill establishes programs to support school-based mental health services and address racial and ethnic mental health disparities, among other provisions. Specifically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) must award grants for school- and community-based, mental health services. Such services must be trauma-informed and designed to provide comprehensive, culturally-appropriate interventions at a school-wide level. Further, the bill requires the SAMSHA to award grants that address racial and ethnic health disparities by (1) providing integrated health care in areas with a high proportion of racial and ethnic minority groups and (2) developing national programs for health professionals to reduce such disparities. The bill also (1) reauthorizes the minority fellowship program to support the education of mental health professionals who provide services to racial and ethnic minorities, (2) establishes a commission to research the effects of social media use on adolescents, and (3) prohibits the use of federal funds for specified conversion therapy in the context of sexual orientation or sexual identity.

## Cosponsors (35)

- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2020-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2020-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2019-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2019-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2019-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2019-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2019-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2019-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2019-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV), 2019-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2019-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2019-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] (D-TX), 2020-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2020-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] (D-MA), 2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY), 2020-01-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] (D-CA), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY), 2020-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2020-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2020-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2020-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2020-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2020-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2020-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] (D-GU), 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ), 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2020-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2020-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] (D-MI), 2020-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2020-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-5469 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5469)

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