Study and report on the AANHPI youth mental health crisis

(a) Study (1) In general The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use (referred to in this section as the Secretary), in coordination with the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Director of the Office of Minority Health, shall conduct a study on behavioral health among AANHPI youth. (2) Elements Such study required under paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of— (A) the prevalence, risk factors, and root causes of mental health challenges, substance misuse, and mental health and substance use disorders among AANHPI youth; (B) the prevalence among AANHPI youth of attempted suicide, nonfatal substance use overdose, and death by suicide or substance use overdose; and (C) AANHPI youth that received treatment for mental health and substance use disorders. (b) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 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 behavioral health services for AANHPI youth; (2) identification of root causes of mental health challenges and substance misuse among AANHPI youth; (3) recommendations for actions to be taken by the Secretary to improve behavioral health among AANHPI youth; (4) recommendations for legislative or administrative action to improve the behavioral health of AANHPI youth experiencing depression, suicide, and overdose, and to reduce the prevalence of depression, suicide, and overdose among AANHPI youth; and (5) 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 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 $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2027.