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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3532 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment 

of a Task Force on Youth Mental Health Data Integration. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 14, 2023 

Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. BROWN, and Mr. BOOKER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 

the establishment of a Task Force on Youth Mental 

Health Data Integration. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Youth Mental Health 

5 Data Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TASK FORCE ON YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH. 

7 Title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 241 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 317L– 

9 1 (42 U.S.C. 247b–13a) the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 317L–2. TASK FORCE ON YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH 

2 DATA INTEGRATION. 

3 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 

4 the date of enactment of the Youth Mental Health Data 

5 Act of 2023, the Secretary, in consultation with the Be6 havioral Health Coordinating Council, the Interagency 

7 Working Group on Youth Programs, and any other coun8 cils on children designated by the Secretary, shall establish 

9 a task force, to be known as the Task Force on Youth 

10 Mental Health Data Integration (referred to in this sec11 tion as the ‘Task Force’), to assess and make rec12 ommendations to improve Federal data systems on youth 

13 mental health. 

14 ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

15 ‘‘(1) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall be 

16 composed of— 

17 ‘‘(A) the Assistant Secretary for Health of 

18 the Department of Health and Human Services 

19 (or the Assistant Secretary’s designee) who 

20 shall serve as the Chair of the Task Force; 

21 ‘‘(B) the Federal members under para22 graph (2); and 

23 ‘‘(C) the non-Federal members under para24 graph (3). 

25 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL MEMBERS.—In addition to the 

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1 bers of the Task Force shall consist of the heads of 

2 the following Federal departments and agencies (or 

3 their designees): 

4 ‘‘(A) The Administration for Children and 

5 Families. 

6 ‘‘(B) The Agency for Healthcare Research 

7 and Quality. 

8 ‘‘(C) The Centers for Disease Control and 

9 Prevention. 

10 ‘‘(D) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

11 Services. 

12 ‘‘(E) The Health Resources and Services 

13 Administration. 

14 ‘‘(F) The Food and Drug Administration. 

15 ‘‘(G) The Indian Health Service. 

16 ‘‘(H) The Office of the Assistant Secretary 

17 for Planning and Evaluation of the Department 

18 of Health and Human Services. 

19 ‘‘(I) The Office of Minority Health of the 

20 Department of Health and Human Services. 

21 ‘‘(J) The Office of the Surgeon General. 

22 ‘‘(K) The National Institutes of Health. 

23 ‘‘(L) The Substance Abuse and Mental 

24 Health Services Administration. 


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1 ‘‘(M) The Administration for Strategic 

2 Preparedness and Response. 

3 ‘‘(N) The Department of Education. 

4 ‘‘(O) The Department of Justice. 

5 ‘‘(P) The Department of Labor. 

6 ‘‘(Q) Such other Federal departments and 

7 agencies as the Secretary determines appro8 priate, such as the Department of Agriculture 

9 and the Department of Housing and Urban De10 velopment. 

11 ‘‘(3) NON-FEDERAL MEMBERS.—The non-Fed12 eral members of the Task Force shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) compose not less than half of the 

14 total membership of the Task Force; 

15 ‘‘(B) be appointed by the Secretary; and 

16 ‘‘(C) include— 

17 ‘‘(i) representatives of medical soci18 eties with expertise in youth mental health; 

19 ‘‘(ii) representatives of nonprofit orga20 nizations with expertise in youth mental 

21 health; 

22 ‘‘(iii) individuals under age 21, includ23 ing at least one such individual who has 

24 received a diagnosis of a mental health 

25 condition; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) individuals ages 21 to 24, in2 cluding at least one such individual who 

3 has received a diagnosis of a mental health 

4 condition; 

5 ‘‘(v) representatives of media and 

6 technology companies; and 

7 ‘‘(vi) other representatives, as appro8 priate. 

9 ‘‘(4) DEADLINE FOR DESIGNATING DES10 IGNEES.—If the Assistant Secretary for Health, or 

11 the head of a Federal department or agency serving 

12 as a member of the Task Force under paragraph 

13 (2), chooses to be represented on the Task Force by 

14 a designee, the Assistant Secretary or head shall 

15 designate such designee not later than 90 days after 

16 the date of the enactment of the Youth Mental 

17 Health Data Act of 2023. 

18 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL STRATEGY.—The Task Force shall 

19 develop a national strategy to improve data systems to un20 derstand youth mental health needs, services, and evi21 dence-based or evidence-informed interventions, including 

22 processes for— 

23 ‘‘(1) data integration across governments and 

24 health systems, to enable real-time, longitudinal sur25 veillance of youth mental health trends, including 


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1 de-identified data that can be disaggregated, with 

2 appropriate protections to ensure the anonymity and 

3 personal privacy of youth with mental health condi4 tions or functional mental health needs, by— 

5 ‘‘(A) location, at the State and national 

6 levels; 

7 ‘‘(B) age; 

8 ‘‘(C) gender; 

9 ‘‘(D) race; 

10 ‘‘(E) ethnicity; 

11 ‘‘(F) mental health diagnosis; 

12 ‘‘(G) insurance status and payor type; 

13 ‘‘(H) health care provider type, including 

14 primary care provider type and, if applicable, 

15 mental health specialist type; 

16 ‘‘(I) youth involved in the juvenile justice 

17 system; 

18 ‘‘(J) youth involved in the child welfare 

19 system; and 

20 ‘‘(K) other relevant categories identified by 

21 the Task Force; 

22 ‘‘(2) tracking the use of electronic health 

23 records among pediatric primary care and mental 

24 health service providers, and barriers to such use; 


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1 ‘‘(3) developing and strengthening public-pri2 vate research partnerships between academic institu3 tions, community-based organizations, media and 

4 technology companies, health care organizations, and 

5 others, as appropriate, to understand needs, risk and 

6 protective factors, and outcomes for youth mental 

7 health; 

8 ‘‘(4) tracking the scale of use and outcomes as9 sociated with innovative, scalable therapies and ap10 proaches, such as self-guided, computerized, and 

11 group-based therapies and peer support programs; 

12 ‘‘(5) using dissemination and implementation 

13 science to scale up evidence-based or evidence-in14 formed prevention, screening, and treatment of men15 tal health conditions in systems that serve youth, 

16 such as academic, health care, social services, child 

17 welfare, and juvenile justice settings; 

18 ‘‘(6) understanding social media and digital 

19 technology’s impact on youth mental health, evalu20 ating guardrails for safe use of media and digital 

21 technology by youth, and identifying opportunities 

22 for the use of technology to engage youth and fami23 lies in positive mental health behaviors and suicide 

24 prevention, including use of the 988 Suicide and Cri25 sis Lifeline; 


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1 ‘‘(7) facilitating information sharing between 

2 federally-funded research and programs addressing 

3 youth mental health in order to maximize the impact 

4 of such programs and inform related State and Fed5 eral programs; and 

6 ‘‘(8) creating a public-facing website that inte7 grates and displays real-time information on youth 

8 mental health needs and trends, the status of feder9 ally-funded work to address such needs, and oppor10 tunities for community-based organizations to sup11 port youth mental health. 

12 ‘‘(d) MEETINGS.—The Task Force shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) meet not less than 4 times each year; and 

14 ‘‘(2) convene public meetings, as appropriate, to 

15 fulfill its duties under this section. 

16 ‘‘(e) REPORTS TO THE PUBLIC AND FEDERAL LEAD17 ERS.—The Task Force shall make publicly available and 

18 submit to the heads of relevant Federal departments and 

19 agencies, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

20 and Pensions of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and 

21 Commerce of the House of Representatives, and other rel22 evant congressional committees, the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) Not later than 1 years after the first meet24 ing of the Task Force, an initial national strategy 

25 under subsection (c). 


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1 ‘‘(2) Each year thereafter— 

2 ‘‘(A) an updated national strategy under 

3 subsection (c), as appropriate; and 

4 ‘‘(B) a report summarizing the activities of 

5 the Task Force. 

6 ‘‘(f) REPORTS TO GOVERNORS.—Upon finalizing the 

7 national strategy under subsection (c), or a subsequent 

8 update to such strategy pursuant to subsection (e)(2)(A), 

9 the Task Force shall submit to the governors of all States 

10 a report describing opportunities for local- and State-level 

11 partnerships identified under subsection (c)(3) and infor12 mation sharing described in subsection (c)(7). 

13 ‘‘(g) SUNSET.—The Task Force shall terminate on 

14 the date that is 5 years after the date on which the Task 

15 Force is established under subsection (a).’’. 

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