Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 42
- Latest action
- Apr 10, 2025
What it does
The Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act aims to address mental health disparities among youth, particularly youth of color, by amending existing public health programs to prioritize grants for entities serving high proportions of racial and ethnic minority groups, mandating a study on mental health disparities research gaps, enhancing health professions training to address disparities, developing a culturally and linguistically appropriate outreach and education strategy, and authorizing significant additional funding for the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities from fiscal years 2026 through 2031. The bill affects federal…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.