Mental Health for Latinos Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced
Summary
Creates a culturally and linguistically tailored behavioral and mental health outreach and education strategy for Hispanic and Latino populations. The plan would be developed with advocacy groups and community mental health organizations, designed to meet diverse cultural and language needs, and would include annual public reports on outcomes starting within one year.
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- Hispanic and Latino individuals and families would get materials that aim to raise awareness of common mental health symptoms and culturally appropriate treatment options, which could help reduce stigma and increase care-seeking.
- Community and advocacy organizations would play a formal role in developing and implementing outreach, ensuring materials reflect local needs and subgroup differences like age, gender identity, and ethnicity.
- Health systems and providers would be encouraged to adopt a broader public health approach that links behavioral and physical health and highlights evidence-based, culturally adapted interventions.
- Policymakers and the public would receive yearly, publicly available reports measuring the strategy's effects on behavioral health and substance abuse in Hispanic and Latino communities.
*Authorizes $1.0 million for fiscal year 2026 to carry out this section.*
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More mental health outreach for Latinos
If enacted, the Secretary would create a national outreach and education strategy for Hispanic and Latino communities about behavioral and mental health. The strategy would be developed with advocacy and mental health organizations and must be culturally and linguistically appropriate and age-appropriate. It would raise awareness of common mental illness signs across subgroups and give information on evidence-based, culturally adapted treatments. The plan must engage consumers and community members in making materials and promote a public health view linking behavioral and physical health. The Secretary would report to Congress and make the report public within 1 year and then every year. The bill would authorize $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 to carry out this section.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ]
AZ • D
Sponsored 7/24/2025
Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
NM • D
Sponsored 7/24/2025
Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
HI • D
Sponsored 7/24/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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