Study and report on the Hispanic and Latino youth mental health crisis

(a) Study (1) In general The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, in coordination with the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Director of the Office of Minority Health, and the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, shall conduct a study on mental health among Hispanic and Latino youth. (2) Elements Such study required under paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of— (A) the prevalence and risk factors of mental health and substance use disorders among Hispanic and Latino youth; (B) the prevalence of attempted suicide and death by suicide among Hispanic and Latino youth; (C) the prevalence of treatment for mental health and substance use disorders among Hispanic and Latino youth; (D) the awareness and utilization of the 9–8–8 National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Hotline under section 520E–3 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–36c) and other mental health and suicide prevention hotlines among Hispanic and Latino youth; (E) the awareness, utilization, and availability of mobile crisis care teams, dispatched through the 9–8–8 National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Hotline or other mental health and suicide prevent hotlines, among Hispanic and Latino youth; and (F) the awareness, utilization, and availability of crisis centers for Hispanic and Latino youth in acute mental health or substance use crisis. (b) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Latino Youth Mental Health Empowerment Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and make publicly available, a report on the findings of the study conducted under subsection (a), including— (1) identification of the barriers to accessing mental health services and treatment for Hispanic and Latino youth; (2) recommendations to improve mental health services, outreach, and treatment among Hispanic and Latino youth; (3) recommendations to reduce rates of mental health and substance use disorders and suicide among Hispanic and Latino youth; (4) recommendations to improve awareness and utilization of the 9–8–8 National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Hotline and other mental health and suicide prevention hotlines among Hispanic and Latino youth; (5) recommendations to improve access to, and utilization of, mobile crisis care teams among Hispanic and Latino youth, when clinically appropriate; (6) recommendation to improve access to, and utilization of, crisis centers for Hispanic and Latino youth in acute mental health or substance use crisis, when clinically appropriate; and (7) such other recommendations as the Secretary determines appropriate. (c) Data Any data included in the study or report under this section shall be disaggregated by race, ethnicity, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, geographic region, disability status, and other relevant factors, in a manner that, as appropriate and feasible, protects personal privacy and that is consistent with applicable Federal and State privacy law. (d) Authorization of appropriations For purposes of carrying out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.