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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced July 24, 2025 by Alejandro Padilla · Last progress July 24, 2025
Creates a new federal outreach and education program run by the Department of Health and Human Services to improve behavioral and mental health and reduce stigma in Hispanic and Latino communities. The program must use culturally and linguistically appropriate, age-appropriate materials, involve community members, raise symptom awareness, share evidence-based treatment information, take a public‑health approach, and report to Congress annually. It authorizes $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 to carry out the work.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate