HR 4723
Mental Health for Latinos Act of 2025
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Bill overview
This bill aims to improve mental health services and reduce stigma within the Hispanic and Latino communities by establishing a targeted outreach and education strategy. The strategy will be developed in coordination with relevant organizations and will consider the diverse cultural and linguistic needs of these populations. It will focus on raising awareness of mental health conditions, providing access to appropriate treatments, and promoting a comprehensive approach to health that addresses the connection between mental and physical well-being.
Key provisions
- Develops and implements an outreach and education strategy for Hispanic and Latino communities.
- The strategy must consider cultural and linguistic diversity.
- Increases awareness of mental health symptoms specific to these populations.
- Provides information on evidence-based, culturally appropriate treatments.
- Ensures community involvement in strategy development and implementation.
- Promotes a holistic view of health, connecting behavioral and physical well-being.
Who is affected
- Hispanic and Latino populations
- Advocacy organizations
- Behavioral and mental health organizations
- Consumers of mental health services
- Community members
Notable changes
- Establishes a specific federal strategy to address mental health disparities within Hispanic and Latino communities.
- Requires culturally and linguistically appropriate materials and interventions.
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Gilbert Ray Cisneros
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 4723
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a behavioral and mental health outreach and education strategy to reduce stigma associated with mental health among the Hispanic and Latino population, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Mental Health for Latinos Act of 2025
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Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary, shall, in coordination with advocacy and behavioral and mental health organizations serving populations of Hispanic and Latino individuals or communities, develop and implement an outreach and education strategy to promote behavioral and mental health and reduce stigma associated with mental health conditions and substance abuse among the Hispanic and Latino populations. Such strategy shall—
be designed to—
meet the diverse cultural and language needs of the various Hispanic and Latino populations; and
be developmentally and age appropriate;
increase awareness of symptoms of mental illnesses common among such populations, taking into account differences within subgroups, such as gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, or ethnicity, of such populations;
provide information on evidence-based, culturally and linguistically appropriate and adapted interventions and treatments;
ensure full participation of, and engage, both consumers and community members in the development and implementation of materials; and
seek to broaden the perspective among both individuals in these communities and stakeholders serving these communities to use a comprehensive public health approach to promoting behavioral health that addresses a holistic view of health by focusing on the intersection between behavioral and physical health.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.