I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6396 
To amend the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act to authorize 
the use of certain grants to prevent suicide or overdose by children, 
adolescents, and young adults, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 3, 2025 
Mr. JAMES (for himself, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. SALAZAR, and Ms. CRAIG) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and 
Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities 
Act to authorize the use of certain grants to prevent 
suicide or overdose by children, adolescents, and young 
adults, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kid Providing Re-
sources for Optimal Outcomes against Fatalities Act of 
2025’’ or the ‘‘Kid PROOF Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT SERVICES FOR 
CHILDREN, 
ADOLESCENTS, 
AND 
YOUNG 
ADULTS. 
Section 7102(c) of the SUPPORT for Patients and 
Communities Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–7a(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and suicide’’ 
before ‘‘for children’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(A) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (vii), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(viii) a health care agency, health 
care site, facility, nonprofit entity, or pro-
vider treating children and adolescents (in-
cluding any such agency, site, facility, or 
provider specializing in pediatrics and fam-
ily medicine), a child and adolescent men-
tal and behavioral health specialist, a chil-
dren’s hospital, a hospital emergency de-
partment, or a health facility or program 
operated by or in accordance with a con-
tract with or grant from the Indian Health 
Service.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) in the case of an eligible entity de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(A)(viii), or in the case 
of an eligible entity that is an Indian tribe or 
a tribal organization, interventions, with the 
consent of parents or legal guardians of minors, 
to support the prevention of, treatment of, and 
recovery from suicide or overdose by children, 
adolescents, and young adults, by— 
‘‘(i) providing counseling to parents or 
legal guardians on best practices to pre-
vent overdose and suicide; and 
‘‘(ii) furnishing supplies to parents or 
legal guardians to prevent the misuse of le-
thal means commonly used in overdose or 
suicide.’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (9)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2019 through 2023’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2026 through 2030’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘There is authorized’’ and 
inserting the following: 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized’’; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS.—Of the 
amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) 
for a fiscal year, not less than $2,000,000 shall 
be allocated to awarding grants pursuant to 
subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph 
(4).’’. 
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