[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5074 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5074

To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Center 
  for Mental Health Services to develop and disseminate a strategy to 
  address the effects of new technologies on children's mental health.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 29, 2025

 Mr. Steil (for himself and Ms. Balint) 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 direct the Center 
  for Mental Health Services to develop and disseminate a strategy to 
  address the effects of new technologies on children's mental health.

    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 ``Protecting Young Minds Online Act''.

SEC. 2. CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES STRATEGY TO ADDRESS EFFECTS 
              OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES ON CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH.

    Section 520(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-
31(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (16), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (17), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(18) develop and implement a strategy to help local 
        communities address the effects of new technologies, such as 
        social media, on children's mental health.''.
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