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Youth Mental Health Research Act
Sponsored By: Senator Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced
Summary
Youth Mental Health Research Initiative would set up an NIH-led effort to coordinate research that helps communities and clinics identify and treat youth mental health needs. It focuses on building resilience and improving delivery of interventions where youth live, play, work, and learn.
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- Families and youth: Would support research on social, behavioral, cognitive, and developmental approaches to build resilience and help communities spot and care for youth at risk or in crisis.
- Clinicians and community programs: Would fund studies to improve how mental health interventions are targeted and delivered in schools, clinics, and other places youth spend time.
- Researchers and agencies: Would establish the initiative at the National Institutes of Health, led by the National Institute of Mental Health and coordinated with NICHD and NIMHD, and authorize $100 million per year for fiscal years 2025 through 2030.
*This would authorize $100 million per year for fiscal years 2025–2030, increasing federal spending over that period.*
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Youth mental health research program
This bill would create a Youth Mental Health Research Initiative at the National Institutes of Health. The program would be led by the National Institute of Mental Health and work with two other institutes. It would fund social, behavioral, cognitive, and developmental research to build resilience and help communities identify and care for youth at risk or in crisis. It would also fund research to improve how mental health interventions are targeted and delivered where youth live, learn, and work. The bill would authorize $100 million each year from 2025 through 2030 to carry out the initiative.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
MN • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL]
AL • R
Sponsored 4/2/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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