What is the official ID of this bill?
The official print number for this legislation is S 2836.
Enhanced Mental Health Support for Youth in and Exiting Foster Care.
This Act establishes a national navigation program providing 24-hour text and hotline support for mental health and resource access for current and former foster youth up to age 28. It also mandates that states dedicate at least 10% of their foster care funds to developing comprehensive mental health systems, ensuring continuity of care and privacy protections for youth in the system. These changes aim to significantly improve access to timely and appropriate mental health and substance use disorder treatments.
Key points
Creation of a 24-hour national text line and toll-free hotline, staffed by individuals with lived experience, to help foster youth navigate mental health, housing, and educational resources.
States must allocate a minimum of 10% of their foster care expenditures to comprehensive mental health systems, including non-pharmaceutical treatments and peer support specialists.
New requirements ensure continuity of mental health and substance use disorder treatment, even when a youth changes placement settings or leaves the foster care system.
Status:
Expired
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