I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3757 
To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to ensure protections 
for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth and their families. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 5, 2025 
Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas (for herself, Mr. SORENSEN, Mr. TORRES of New 
York, Mr. TAKANO, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. 
LYNCH, Ms. BALINT, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. VARGAS, 
Mr. GARCIA of California, Ms. ANSARI, Mr. POCAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. 
SALINAS, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. MCBRIDE, and Ms. MCCLELLAN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to ensure 
protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender 
youth and their families. 
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 ‘‘Pride In Mental 
Health Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR 
LGBTQ+ YOUTH. 
Subpart 3 of part B of title V of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–31 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 520O. GRANTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR 
LGBTQ+ YOUTH. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance 
Use (referred to in this section as the ‘Secretary’), shall 
establish a program under which the Secretary will award 
grants to eligible entities to assess and improve lesbian, 
gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, non-
binary, intersex, and Two Spirit youth mental health and 
substance abuse outcomes. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity receiving a 
grant under this section shall use funds received through 
such grant— 
‘‘(1) to provide mental and behavioral health 
and crisis intervention resources for lesbian, gay, bi-
sexual, transgender, queer or questioning, non-
binary, intersex, and Two Spirit youth, including 
trauma-informed care; 
‘‘(2) to provide cultural competency training for 
caregivers; 
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‘‘(3) to develop and disseminate mental and be-
havioral health and crisis intervention resources for 
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or ques-
tioning, nonbinary, intersex, and Two Spirit youth, 
and their families and caregivers; 
‘‘(4) to develop and disseminate evidence-based 
practices to be added to the Evidence-Based Prac-
tices Resource Center of the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Administration; 
‘‘(5) to collect data with respect to the mental 
and behavioral health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, 
transgender, 
queer 
or 
questioning, 
nonbinary, 
intersex, and Two Spirit youth; 
‘‘(6) to issue school bullying prevention guide-
lines 
with 
respect 
to 
lesbian, 
gay, 
bisexual, 
transgender, 
queer 
or 
questioning, 
nonbinary, 
intersex, and Two Spirit youth; 
‘‘(7) to provide for the integration within school 
systems of mental and behavioral health services for 
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or ques-
tioning, nonbinary, intersex, and Two Spirit youth; 
‘‘(8) to establish and implement mental and be-
havioral patient navigator programs for lesbian, gay, 
bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, non-
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binary, intersex, and Two Spirit youth, and their 
families; and 
‘‘(9) to create and disseminate family accept-
ance and support models for lesbian, gay, bisexual, 
transgender, 
queer 
or 
questioning, 
nonbinary, 
intersex, and Two Spirit youth, and their families 
and caregivers. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity selected 
to receive a grant under this section shall agree, as 
a condition on receiving the grant, that such funds 
shall not be used— 
‘‘(A) to provide conversion therapy to any 
individual; 
‘‘(B) to advertise for the provision of con-
version therapy and claim in such advertising— 
‘‘(i) to change another individual’s 
sexual orientation or gender identity; 
‘‘(ii) to eliminate or reduce sexual or 
romantic attractions or feelings toward in-
dividuals of the same gender; or 
‘‘(iii) that such efforts are harmless or 
without risk to individuals receiving such 
therapy; 
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treatment by such person, unless such 
product or service is protected by the First 
Amendment to the Constitution; and 
‘‘(B) does not include any practice or 
treatment, which does not seek to change sexual 
orientation or gender identity, that— 
‘‘(i) provides assistance to an indi-
vidual undergoing a gender transition; or 
‘‘(ii) provides acceptance, support, 
and understanding of a client or facilita-
tion of a client’s coping, social support, 
and identity exploration and development, 
including sexual orientation-neutral inter-
ventions to prevent or address unlawful 
conduct or unsafe sexual practices. 
‘‘(d) REVIEW OF REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary shall restore, review, and update as necessary, 
the reports and publications that were listed on the 
internet website of the Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Administration on January 19, 2025, and 
that were focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual, 
transgender, queer or questioning, non-binary, 
intersex, and Two Spirit individuals. 
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‘‘(2) NO
PROMOTION
OF
CONVERSION
THER-
APY.—In updating the reports and publications 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary may not include 
reports or publications that promote the provision of 
conversion therapy, as defined in subsection (c)(2). 
‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In reviewing reports and pub-
lications under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
prioritize updating older reports and commissioning 
new reports that fill information gaps with respect 
to the mental and behavioral health of lesbian, gay, 
bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, non-
binary, intersex, and Two Spirit individuals. 
‘‘(e) FEDERAL SURVEY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 
and conduct a Federal survey measuring serious 
psychological distress, mental illness, mental health, 
and mental health care among lesbian, gay, bisexual, 
transgender, 
queer 
or 
questioning, 
nonbinary, 
intersex, and Two Spirit youth. In developing such 
survey, the Secretary may consider integrating such 
survey as an enhanced feature of the National Sur-
vey on Drug Use and Health. 
‘‘(2) PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY.— 
‘‘(A) 
CONFIDENTIALITY
OF
INFORMA-
TION.—All data or information collected in 
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identifiable form pursuant to this subsection 
shall be treated as confidential and shall be 
used only by officers, employees, or agents of 
the Department of Health and Human Services, 
and exclusively for statistical purposes. 
‘‘(B) NO OTHER USE PERMITTED.—Data 
or information acquired by the Secretary pursu-
ant to this subsection shall not be disclosed by 
an agency or its officers, employees, or agents 
in identifiable form, or for any use other than 
an exclusively statistical purpose. In no case 
shall information furnished under this sub-
section be used to the detriment of any re-
spondent or other person to whom such infor-
mation relates. A disclosure pursuant to this 
subsection is authorized only when the Sec-
retary or the Secretary’s designee approves 
such disclosure, and the disclosure is not pro-
hibited by any other law. 
‘‘(C) NO
OTHER
RIGHTS
DIMINISHED.— 
This subsection does not restrict or diminish 
any confidentiality protections or remedies in 
law that otherwise apply to information ac-
quired by the Secretary under this subsection. 
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‘‘(D) CAUSE OF ACTION.—Whoever, being 
an officer, employee, or agent of an agency ac-
quiring information for exclusively statistical 
purposes, having taken and subscribed the oath 
of office, or having sworn to observe the limita-
tions imposed by this subsection, comes into 
possession of such information by reason of 
being an officer, employee, or agent and know-
ing that the disclosure of the specific informa-
tion is prohibited under the provisions of this 
subsection, willfully discloses the information in 
any manner to a person or agency not author-
ized under this subsection to receive it, may be 
subject to a civil action against the individual in 
a court of competent jurisdiction for declaratory 
or injunctive relief, compensatory damages for 
any harms reasonably related to the disclosure, 
statutory damages up to $500 per violation, pu-
nitive damages, and attorney’s fees. Such action 
may be brought against such individual by any 
party whose identifiable data or information is 
disclosed or used in violation of this subsection. 
A claim of sovereign immunity is not a defense 
to an action brought under this subparagraph. 
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‘‘(E) NOTIFICATION OF RIGHTS.—The Sec-
retary shall require that respondents to the 
Federal survey described in paragraph (1) are 
notified, prior to participation, of their right to 
confidentiality and the availability of remedy in 
the occasion of a violation of this subsection. 
‘‘(F) STATISTICAL PURPOSE DEFINED.—In 
this paragraph, the term ‘statistical purpose’ 
has the same meaning and application given the 
term in section 3561 of title 44, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(f) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
Secretary shall, in consultation with the Director of 
the National Institute of Mental Health and the As-
sistant Secretary for the Administration for Children 
and Families, commence a report on mental health, 
mental health care, and cultural competency in men-
tal 
health 
care 
for 
lesbian, 
gay, 
bisexual, 
transgender, 
queer 
or 
questioning, 
nonbinary, 
intersex, and Two Spirit youth in foster care and 
who are beneficiaries of other social services pro-
grams subject to Federal oversight. 
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