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Protecting Young Minds Online Act
To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Center for Mental Health Services to develop and disseminate a strategy to address the effects of new technologies on children's mental health.
Summary
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Center for Mental Health Services to develop and implement a strategy to help local communities address the effects of new technologies, such as social media, on children's mental health. The strategy would be added as a new responsibility of the Center for Mental Health Services. This directive requires the agency to create approaches to help communities understand and mitigate the impact of technology on youth mental health.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1] (R-WI)
5 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Aug 29, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Aug 29, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 29, 2025
Mr. Steil (for himself and Ms. Balint) introduced 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 direct the Center for Mental Health Services to develop and disseminate a strategy to address the effects of new technologies on children’s mental health.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Young Minds Online Act”.
SEC. 2. CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES STRATEGY TO ADDRESS EFFECTS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES ON CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH.
Section 520(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb- 31(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (16), by striking “and” at the end;
(2) in paragraph (17), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(18) develop and implement a strategy to help local communities address the effects of new technologies, such as social media, on children’s mental health.”. <all>
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