What This Bill Does · Plain English
GovGreed Synthesis · AI extraction
This bill establishes a Youth Mental Health Research Initiative within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to coordinate and encourage collaborative research on youth mental health. The initiative focuses on fundamental and applied research, including social, behavioral, cognitive, and developmental studies to build resilience, and research to improve the targeting and delivery of mental health interventions in clinical and community settings.
Carveouts & Earmarks · 1 line items · $600M tagged
Specific dollar amounts in this bill that flow to identifiable companies or programs — the actual cash trail.
$600M
Sec. 2 (409K(b))
"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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Action Timeline
2025-04-01
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2025-04-01
Introduced in House
2025-04-01
Introduced in House
Frequently Asked Questions
Did HR.2587 pass?
HR.2587 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: 42%.
What does HR.2587 do?
This bill establishes a Youth Mental Health Research Initiative within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to coordinate and encourage collaborative research on youth mental health. The initiative focuses on fundamental and applied research, including social, behavioral, cognitive, and developmental studies to build resilience, and research to improve the targeting and delivery of mental health interventions in clinical and community settings.
Who sponsored HR.2587?
HR.2587 was sponsored by Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-New Jersey).
How much money does HR.2587 spend?
HR.2587 contains $600M in identified line-item carveouts to specific programs and companies, across 1 earmarks.
Full Bill Text
119 HR 2587 IH: Youth Mental Health Research Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-04-01 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2587 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 1, 2025 Mrs. Watson Coleman (for herself, Mr. Kean , and Mr. Fitzpatrick ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 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: 409K. 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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