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Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] · R–TX
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-27 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The bill would let States use up to 5% of their annual funding allocation under the referenced program for evidence-based mental health prevention and early intervention, if their State plans include those activities. Programs could include children and teenagers regardless of whether they have serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance. The bill would also require recurring reports to Congress about the activities and their outcomes.
a description of any evidence-based prevention and early intervention strategies and programs the State provides to prevent, delay, or reduce the severity and onset of mental illness and behavioral problems, including for children and adolescents, irrespective of experiencing a serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance
In the case of a State with a State plan that provides for strategies and programs specified in section 1912(b)(1)(A)(vii)(V), such State may expend not more than 5 percent of the amount of the allotment of the State pursuant to a funding agreement under section 1911 for each fiscal year to support such strategies and programs.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the EARLY Minds Act, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall provide a report to the Congress on the prevention and early intervention strategies and programs pursued by States pursuant to subsections (e).
Section 1 would name the bill the Early Action and Responsiveness Lifts Youth Minds Act, or EARLY Minds Act.
This Act may be cited as the Early Action and Responsiveness Lifts Youth Minds Act or the EARLY Minds Act.
Section 2(a) would add a State-plan description of any evidence-based prevention and early intervention strategies and programs the State provides. Their stated aims would be to prevent, delay, or reduce the severity and onset of mental illness and behavioral problems; these aims are not evidence that the programs achieve those results.
Section 1912(b)(1)(A)(vii) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–1(b)(1)(A)(vii)) is amended—
by adding at the end the following: (V) a description of any evidence-based prevention and early intervention strategies and programs the State provides to prevent, delay, or reduce the severity and onset of mental illness and behavioral problems
The proposed State-plan language expressly includes children and adolescents, whether or not they experience serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance. It refers to definitions in existing law.
including for children and adolescents, irrespective of experiencing a serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, as defined under subsection (c)(1).
Section 2(b) would permit, rather than require, a State whose plan includes these activities to spend up to 5% of its annual allocation under a section 1911 funding agreement on them. This is permission to use part of that allocation, rather than a separate appropriation of money.
In the case of a State with a State plan that provides for strategies and programs specified in section 1912(b)(1)(A)(vii)(V), such State may expend not more than 5 percent of the amount of the allotment of the State pursuant to a funding agreement under section 1911 for each fiscal year to support such strategies and programs.
The Secretary would have to report to Congress within one year after enactment and every two years afterward.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the EARLY Minds Act, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall provide a report to the Congress on the prevention and early intervention strategies and programs pursued by States pursuant to subsections (e).
Each report would have to list participating States, describe each State’s activities, and identify the population served, including demographic information such as age.
Each such report shall include— (1) a list of the States that utilized the option to provide prevention and early intervention services; (2) a description of the each State’s prevention and early intervention activities; (3) the population served, including information on demographics, including age;
Reports would also have to address outcomes, including how activities reduced delays in access to mental and behavioral health care for children and adults and reduced the severity of onset of serious mental illness and serious emotional disturbance. The Secretary could include other information deemed necessary. These reporting requirements do not establish that such improvements have occurred.
(4) the outcomes of such activities, including— (A) how such activities reduced delays in access to mental and behavioral health care for children and adults; and (B) how such activities reduced the severity of onset of serious mental illness and serious emotional disturbance; and (5) any other relevant information the Secretary deems necessary.
The supplied action snapshot, updated September 22, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 27, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-22T08:05:41Z. 2025-02-27: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2025-02-27: Introduced in House
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Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-02-27. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy change attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
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No congressionally directed spending for particular recipients or places was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow carve-out, special exemption, or preferential treatment was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. Ordinary program coverage does not itself constitute a targeted benefit. This conclusion does not extend to other versions or accompanying materials.
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