# 117-hr-7644: Pride in Mental Health Act

117-hr-7644, Pride in Mental Health Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS); status Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7644
- Congress: 117
- Title: Pride in Mental Health Act
- Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Introduced: 2022-05-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS)
- Cosponsors: 96
- Policy area: Families
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Pride in Mental Health Act This bill expands programs that prevent and treat child abuse and neglect to address issues facing youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, nonbinary, or gender-variant members of indigenous communities (e.g., Two Spirit). Specifically, these programs include (1) research and reporting requirements, (2) providing technical assistance, (3) grants to states and local agencies to train child-welfare personnel, and (4) community-based prevention-service grants. The bill also establishes a grant program to provide mental and behavioral health resources for such youth, including trauma-informed care.

## Cosponsors (96)

- Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] (D-NY), 2022-05-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2022-05-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] (D-NY), 2022-05-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2022-05-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2022-05-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2022-05-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jones, Mondaire [D-NY-17] (D-NY), 2022-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2022-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2022-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9] (D-MI), 2022-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2022-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2022-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2022-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Auchincloss, Jake [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA), 2022-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA), 2022-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2022-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2022-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2022-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2022-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2022-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2022-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2022-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ), 2022-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2022-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2022-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2022-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2022-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7] (D-NJ), 2022-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2022-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Newman, Marie [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2022-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2022-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2022-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wexton, Jennifer [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV), 2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2022-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2022-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2022-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2022-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2022-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2022-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2022-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2022-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX), 2022-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2022-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2022-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2022-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2022-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2022-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2022-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2022-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1] (D-IN), 2022-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] (D-CO), 2022-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5] (D-TN), 2022-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2022-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2022-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2022-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2022-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2022-08-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2022-08-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT), 2022-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2022-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Allred, Colin Z. [D-TX-32] (D-TX), 2022-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3] (D-NM), 2022-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2] (D-VA), 2022-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2022-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2022-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] (D-MA), 2022-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA), 2022-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2022-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33] (D-CA), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2022-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2022-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] (D-MP), 2022-11-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2022-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2022-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2022-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2022-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI), 2022-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2022-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2022-12-20T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-7644 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7644)

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