S. 1266

Summary

S. 1266, the Youth Mental Health Research Act, was introduced in the Senate on Apr 2, 2025 by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions, and last saw action on Apr 2, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Record

Text

S. 1266 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 S1266 IS: Youth Mental Health Research Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-04-02
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 1266  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   April 2, 2025   Ms. Klobuchar  (for herself and  Mrs. Britt ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions    A BILL
To establish a Youth Mental Health Research Initiative in the National Institutes of Health for purposes of encouraging collaborative research to improve youth mental health.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Youth Mental Health Research Act  .
2.
Collaborative research on youth mental health
Part B of title IV of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 284 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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Collaborative research on youth mental health
(a)
In general
The Director of NIH shall establish a Youth Mental Health Research Initiative, to be led by the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, in collaboration with the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, to coordinate and encourage collaboration among the national research institutes and national centers with respect to fundamental and applied research on youth mental health, including—
(1)
social, behavioral, cognitive, and developmental research, to build resilience and increase the capacity of communities to identify and care for youth at risk or in crisis; and
(2)
research to improve the targeting and delivery of mental health interventions in clinical and community settings where youth live, play, work, and learn.
(b)
Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2030.
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A bill to establish a Youth Mental Health Research Initiative in the National Institutes of Health for purposes of encouraging collaborative research to improve youth mental health.

Sponsors

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D) sponsors S. 1266, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Amy Klobuchar

Sen. · D–MN · Sponsor

Introduced Apr 2, 2025

Katie Boyd Britt

Sen. · R–AL · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 2, 2025 · Original

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Committees

S. 1266 went before 1 committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Referred To · Apr 2, 2025 · 747 Bills

Actions

S. 1266 has taken 2 actions since Apr 2, 2025.

Votes

S. 1266 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to S. 1266, as Identical bill.

HR 2587Youth Mental Health Research ActApr 1, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · Identical bill

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Titles

S. 1266 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Youth Mental Health Research Act — Display Title
• Youth Mental Health Research Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to establish a Youth Mental Health Research Initiative in the National Institutes of Health for purposes of encouraging collaborative research to improve youth mental health. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 23 registered lobbyists who named S. 1266 in 15 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Education, Defense, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Veterans.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 23.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1266 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1266’s is Health.

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