S. 2826: 988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2025-09-17 · Health · Latest: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

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988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act of 2025

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988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act of 2025 This bill reestablishes specialized services for youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQ+) and seeking help from the 9-8-8 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. This lifeline, which is administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is a three-digit number that connects callers in suicidal crisis or mental health distress to a national network of crisis centers. Previously, callers under the age of 25 could call the lifeline and press 3 to access specialized support for LGBTQ+ youth, but this subnetwork closed in 2025. The bill requires SAMHSA to reestablish and maintain these specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth seeking help from the lifeline. Also, the bill requires a certain minimum percentage of the funds appropriated for implementing the lifeline to be reserved for these services to LGBTQ+ youth.

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988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act of 2025

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s2826.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>

Record fed-us-cong119-s2826 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills