Summary

Creates a culturally and linguistically tailored national mental health awareness and outreach campaign aimed at Hispanic and Latino parents, caregivers, youth, and school personnel, and requires two related federal studies: one on mental health status and crisis services for Hispanic and Latino youth and one on strategies to boost the Hispanic/Latino mental health workforce. The bill directs HHS to complete a review of prior outreach, develop and implement the campaign within a year, coordinate across federal agencies and community groups, and submit public reports to Congress; it authorizes limited funding for the campaign and the two studies.

Key Points

• Creates a culturally and linguistically tailored national outreach campaign on mental health for Hispanic and Latino youth and families.
• Requires HHS to review prior outreach effectiveness and develop the campaign within one year of enactment.
• Directs two one-year federal studies: one on youth mental health/crisis services and one on the Hispanic/Latino mental health workforce.
• Authorizes $5 million per year (FY2026–2030) for the outreach campaign and $1 million (FY2026) each for the two studies.
• Campaign activities include hotline promotion (9-8-8), workshops, youth mental health first aid, school partnerships, screenings, and distribution of materials.
• Study data must be disaggregated by race, ethnicity, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, region, disability status, and other factors while protecting privacy.
• Defines a broad set of clinical and non-clinical mental health providers for workforce analysis, including peer support and primary care clinicians.
• Produces public reports to Congressional health committees with findings and recommendations within one year of enactment.
• Focus is on awareness, outreach, study, and workforce planning — not direct service expansion or insurance changes.

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