S. 2826 Senate Health
988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act of 2025
Committee Consideration, still liveSTAGE 2 OF 8 — COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION
Currently in the Senate. Last action: committee on health, education, labor, and pensions. hearings held on Mar 19, 2026.
- Senate Introduced in Senate Sep 17, 2025
- Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Sep 17, 2025
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Mar 19, 2026
Cosponsors
1
Subjects
Emergency communications systemsMental healthSex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Committees
- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- [Hearings By (full committee), Mar 19, 2026]
- [Referred To, Sep 17, 2025]
Summary
988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act of 2025This 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.
[Summary as of: Introduced in Senate]
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