S2826Referred to Committee
988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act of 2025
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-09-17
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
Tammy Baldwin
Democrat · WI · Senator
Votes with party: 85.2% (912 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/B001230
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Cosponsors (1)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsHearings By (full committee) · 2026-03-19
Previously
- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeHearings By (full committee) · 2026-03-19
- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeReferred To · 2025-09-17
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsReferred To · 2025-09-17
Plain-English Summary
988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act of 2025 This bill reestablishes specialized services for youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQ+) and seeking help from the 9-8-8 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. This lifeline, which is administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is a three-digit number that connects callers in suicidal crisis or mental health distress to a national network of crisis centers. Previously, callers under the age of 25 could call the lifeline and press 3 to access specialized support for LGBTQ+ youth, but this subnetwork closed in 2025. The bill requires SAMHSA to reestablish and maintain these specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth seeking help from the lifeline. Also, the bill requires a certain minimum percentage of the funds appropriated for implementing the lifeline to be reserved for these services to LGBTQ+ youth.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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Health
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