[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3757 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3757
To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to ensure protections
for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth and their families.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 5, 2025
Ms. Davids of Kansas (for herself, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Torres of New
York, Mr. Takano, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Lynch,
Ms. Balint, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Ms. Craig, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Garcia of
California, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Pocan, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Salinas, Mr.
Gottheimer, Ms. McBride, and Ms. McClellan) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to ensure protections
for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth and their families.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pride In Mental Health Act of
2025''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR LGBTQ+ YOUTH.
Subpart 3 of part B of title V of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 290bb-31 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 520O. GRANTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR LGBTQ+ YOUTH.
``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Assistant
Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use (referred to in this
section as the `Secretary'), shall establish a program under which the
Secretary will award grants to eligible entities to assess and improve
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, nonbinary,
intersex, and Two Spirit youth mental health and substance abuse
outcomes.
``(b) Use of Funds.--An eligible entity receiving a grant under
this section shall use funds received through such grant--
``(1) to provide mental and behavioral health and crisis
intervention resources for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
queer or questioning, nonbinary, intersex, and Two Spirit
youth, including trauma-informed care;
``(2) to provide cultural competency training for
caregivers;
``(3) to develop and disseminate mental and behavioral
health and crisis intervention resources for lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, nonbinary,
intersex, and Two Spirit youth, and their families and
caregivers;
``(4) to develop and disseminate evidence-based practices
to be added to the Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center of
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration;
``(5) to collect data with respect to the mental and
behavioral health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer
or questioning, nonbinary, intersex, and Two Spirit youth;
``(6) to issue school bullying prevention guidelines with
respect to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or
questioning, nonbinary, intersex, and Two Spirit youth;
``(7) to provide for the integration within school systems
of mental and behavioral health services for lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, nonbinary,
intersex, and Two Spirit youth;
``(8) to establish and implement mental and behavioral
patient navigator programs for lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, queer or questioning, nonbinary, intersex, and Two
Spirit youth, and their families; and
``(9) to create and disseminate family acceptance and
support models for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer
or questioning, nonbinary, intersex, and Two Spirit youth, and
their families and caregivers.
``(c) Limitation.--
``(1) In general.--An eligible entity selected to receive a
grant under this section shall agree, as a condition on
receiving the grant, that such funds shall not be used--
``(A) to provide conversion therapy to any
individual;
``(B) to advertise for the provision of conversion
therapy and claim in such advertising--
``(i) to change another individual's sexual
orientation or gender identity;
``(ii) to eliminate or reduce sexual or
romantic attractions or feelings toward
individuals of the same gender; or
``(iii) that such efforts are harmless or
without risk to individuals receiving such
therapy;
``(C) to knowingly assist or facilitate the
provision of conversion therapy to an individual if
such person receives compensation from any source in
connection with providing conversion therapy; or
``(D) to promote or direct an individual to
conversion therapy resources or providers.
``(2) Conversion therapy defined.--In this subsection, the
term `conversion therapy'--
``(A) means any practice or treatment by any person
that seeks to change another individual's sexual
orientation or gender identity, including efforts to
change behaviors or gender expressions, or to eliminate
or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings
toward individuals of the same gender, if such person--
``(i) receives monetary compensation in
exchange for such practice or treatment; or
``(ii) instead of, or in addition to,
receiving monetary compensation in exchange for
such practice or treatment directly, receives
monetary compensation in exchange for a product
or service that is integral to the provision of
such practice or treatment by such person,
unless such product or service is protected by
the First Amendment to the Constitution; and
``(B) does not include any practice or treatment,
which does not seek to change sexual orientation or
gender identity, that--
``(i) provides assistance to an individual
undergoing a gender transition; or
``(ii) provides acceptance, support, and
understanding of a client or facilitation of a
client's coping, social support, and identity
exploration and development, including sexual
orientation-neutral interventions to prevent or
address unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual
practices.
``(d) Review of Reports.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall restore,
review, and update as necessary, the reports and publications
that were listed on the internet website of the Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Administration on January 19, 2025, and that
were focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or
questioning, non-binary, intersex, and Two Spirit individuals.
``(2) No promotion of conversion therapy.--In updating the
reports and publications under paragraph (1), the Secretary may
not include reports or publications that promote the provision
of conversion therapy, as defined in subsection (c)(2).
``(3) Priority.--In reviewing reports and publications
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall prioritize updating
older reports and commissioning new reports that fill
information gaps with respect to the mental and behavioral
health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or
questioning, nonbinary, intersex, and Two Spirit individuals.
``(e) Federal Survey.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall develop and conduct
a Federal survey measuring serious psychological distress,
mental illness, mental health, and mental health care among
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning,
nonbinary, intersex, and Two Spirit youth. In developing such
survey, the Secretary may consider integrating such survey as
an enhanced feature of the National Survey on Drug Use and
Health.
``(2) Privacy and confidentiality.--
``(A) Confidentiality of information.--All data or
information collected in identifiable form pursuant to
this subsection shall be treated as confidential and
shall be used only by officers, employees, or agents of
the Department of Health and Human Services, and
exclusively for statistical purposes.
``(B) No other use permitted.--Data or information
acquired by the Secretary pursuant to this subsection
shall not be disclosed by an agency or its officers,
employees, or agents in identifiable form, or for any
use other than an exclusively statistical purpose. In
no case shall information furnished under this
subsection be used to the detriment of any respondent
or other person to whom such information relates. A
disclosure pursuant to this subsection is authorized
only when the Secretary or the Secretary's designee
approves such disclosure, and the disclosure is not
prohibited by any other law.
``(C) No other rights diminished.--This subsection
does not restrict or diminish any confidentiality
protections or remedies in law that otherwise apply to
information acquired by the Secretary under this
subsection.
``(D) Cause of action.--Whoever, being an officer,
employee, or agent of an agency acquiring information
for exclusively statistical purposes, having taken and
subscribed the oath of office, or having sworn to
observe the limitations imposed by this subsection,
comes into possession of such information by reason of
being an officer, employee, or agent and knowing that
the disclosure of the specific information is
prohibited under the provisions of this subsection,
willfully discloses the information in any manner to a
person or agency not authorized under this subsection
to receive it, may be subject to a civil action against
the individual in a court of competent jurisdiction for
declaratory or injunctive relief, compensatory damages
for any harms reasonably related to the disclosure,
statutory damages up to $500 per violation, punitive
damages, and attorney's fees. Such action may be
brought against such individual by any party whose
identifiable data or information is disclosed or used
in violation of this subsection. A claim of sovereign
immunity is not a defense to an action brought under
this subparagraph.
``(E) Notification of rights.--The Secretary shall
require that respondents to the Federal survey
described in paragraph (1) are notified, prior to
participation, of their right to confidentiality and
the availability of remedy in the occasion of a
violation of this subsection.
``(F) Statistical purpose defined.--In this
paragraph, the term `statistical purpose' has the same
meaning and application given the term in section 3561
of title 44, United States Code.
``(f) Report.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall, in
consultation with the Director of the National Institute of
Mental Health and the Assistant Secretary for the
Administration for Children and Families, commence a report on
mental health, mental health care, and cultural competency in
mental health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
queer or questioning, nonbinary, intersex, and Two Spirit youth
in foster care and who are beneficiaries of other social
services programs subject to Federal oversight.
``(2) Submission to congress.--Not later than 2 years after
the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall
submit the report required under paragraph (1) to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the
Senate.
``(g) Authorization of Appropriation.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2026 through 2030.''.
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