H.R. 3757: Pride In Mental Health Act of 2025
Sponsor
Sharice Davids
Democrat · KS-3
Bill Progress
Latest Action · Jun 5, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
LGBTQ+ teens get $100M mental health push
Why it matters
$100 million over five years for LGBTQ+ youth mental health services, plus an order to HHS to restore LGBTQ+-focused reports that were on the SAMHSA website on January 19, 2025. That's the core of H.R. 3757. Grant recipients couldn't use the money for conversion therapy, advertise it, or steer people toward it.
H.R. 3757, the Pride In Mental Health Act of 2025, does three big things. It creates a federal grant program for organizations serving LGBTQ+ youth. It tells HHS to restore LGBTQ+-focused reports and publications that were on the SAMHSA website as of January 19, 2025. And it directs HHS to develop a federal survey on mental health, distress, and care access among LGBTQ+ teens.
The grant program runs through HHS and the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use. Eligible groups can use the money for crisis intervention, trauma-informed care, training for caregivers, school bullying prevention, patient navigators, and family acceptance models. The bill authorizes $20 million per year from fiscal 2026 through fiscal 2030, or $100 million total.
Grant recipients have to agree they won't use the money for conversion therapy. The bill defines conversion therapy as paid practices that try to change someone's sexual orientation or gender identity, and explicitly carves out gender transition support, identity exploration, and counseling that addresses unsafe behavior. Recipients also can't advertise conversion therapy, help provide it for pay, or steer people toward it.
The survey provision comes with strict privacy rules. Federal employees who knowingly leak identifiable survey data face civil suits with statutory damages of up to $500 per violation, plus compensatory damages, punitive damages, and attorney's fees. The bill also commissions a report on LGBTQ+ youth in foster care, due to Congress within two years of enactment.
All 132 cosponsors are Democrats. Republicans are likely to push back on the explicit LGBTQ+ framing, the conversion therapy restrictions, and federal data collection on minors' identity.
H.R. 3757 Bill Summary
What H.R. 3757 actually does.
$100M grant program for LGBTQ+ youth mental health
The bill authorizes $20 million per year for fiscal 2026 through 2030, or $100 million total, for organizations providing mental and behavioral health services to LGBTQ+ youth.
Crisis care, family acceptance, and school support
Eligible groups can use grant money for crisis intervention, trauma-informed care, caregiver training, school-based mental health integration, bullying prevention guidelines, patient navigator programs, and family acceptance models.
No grant money for conversion therapy
Recipients can't use the funds to provide conversion therapy, advertise it, help others provide it for pay, or direct people to those services. The bill carves out gender transition support, identity exploration, and counseling addressing unsafe behavior as protected practices.
Restore SAMHSA's January 19, 2025 LGBTQ+ pages
Within one year of enactment, HHS would have to restore, review, and update LGBTQ+-focused reports and publications that were live on the SAMHSA website as of January 19, 2025. The Secretary may not include any reports that promote conversion therapy.
Federal survey on LGBTQ+ youth mental health
HHS would develop a federal survey measuring serious psychological distress, mental illness, and care access among LGBTQ+ teens. Federal employees who leak identifiable data face civil suits with up to $500 per violation in statutory damages, plus compensatory and punitive damages.
Report on LGBTQ+ youth in foster care
HHS would commence a report on mental health and cultural competency for LGBTQ+ youth in foster care within 180 days of enactment, in consultation with the National Institute of Mental Health and the Administration for Children and Families. The final report goes to Congress within two years.
Who benefits from H.R. 3757?
LGBTQ+ teens
CDC's 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey found LGBTQ+ students reported far higher rates of bullying, suicidal ideation, and substance use than their peers. The bill funds crisis intervention, school-based services, and family acceptance models targeted to that population.
Parents and caregivers
The bill funds caregiver cultural competency training, family acceptance and support models, and patient navigator programs to help families connect their kids to mental health care.
School counselors and student support staff
Schools could tap grant money for bullying prevention guidance and integrated mental and behavioral health services for LGBTQ+ students.
Researchers and clinicians
Restored SAMHSA reports, a new federal survey, and a foster-care-focused report would give clinicians and researchers up-to-date federal data on LGBTQ+ youth mental health.
Who is affected by H.R. 3757?
Community-based mental health providers and nonprofits
Eligible groups can apply for grants but agree to bar the money from conversion therapy uses, including advertising and referrals.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA would have one year to restore the LGBTQ+ reports listed on its website on January 19, 2025, develop new evidence-based practices, and stand up the new grant and survey programs.
State and local school systems
Schools partnering with grantees could integrate mental health services and adopt new bullying prevention guidelines.
Conversion therapy providers and promoters
Practitioners offering paid services to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity are barred from receiving the bill's grant funds, including for advertising or referral. The bill does not outlaw the practice itself.
Federal data handlers
Officers, employees, and agents handling identifiable survey data face personal civil liability of up to $500 per willful disclosure, plus compensatory and punitive damages, if they leak confidential responses.
Cost & Funding
Authorization
$20 million per fiscal year for FY 2026 through FY 2030 ($100 million over five years)
- Funding flows through HHS and the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use.
- Eligible entities apply for grants to deliver crisis intervention, school-based services, family acceptance models, training, data collection, and patient navigation.
- The bill imposes new compliance work on SAMHSA: restoring deleted LGBTQ+ reports within one year, developing the federal survey, and supporting the foster care report.
HR3757 Legislative Journey
House: Committee Action
Jun 5, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
About the Sponsor
Sharice Davids
Democrat, Kansas's 3rd congressional district · 7 years in Congress
Committees: Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure
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Cosponsors (159)
All 159 cosponsors are Democrats. Cosponsors represent 36 states: Alabama, Arizona, California, and 33 more.
Eric Sorensen
Democrat · IL
Ritchie Torres
Democrat · NY
Mark Takano
Democrat · CA
Bonnie Watson Coleman
Democrat · NJ
Raja Krishnamoorthi
Democrat · IL
Stephen Lynch
Democrat · MA
Becca Balint
Democrat · VT
Julie Johnson
Democrat · TX
Angie Craig
Democrat · MN
Juan Vargas
Democrat · CA
Robert Garcia
Democrat · CA
Yassamin Ansari
Democrat · AZ
Cosponsor Coverage Map
Committee Sponsors
Energy and Commerce Committee
21 of 54 committee members cosponsored
3 Democrats across this committee haven't cosponsored yet. Mobilize their constituents
H.R. 3757 Quick Facts
- Committee
- Energy and Commerce
- Chamber
- House
- Policy
- Health
- Introduced
- Jun 5, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 5, 2025
Official Sources
Official bill tracker with full text, cosponsors (132 as of March 2026), actions, and committee referral status for the Pride In Mental Health Act of 2025.
Sponsor Rep. Sharice Davids (KS-3) announced the bill during Pride Month 2025, citing rising mental health disparities among LGBTQI+ students including that nearly 40% of gay, lesbian, and bisexual teens considered suicide in 2023.
CDC data from the 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey documenting that LGBTQ+ students face higher rates of bullying (29% vs. 16%), suicidal ideation (41% vs. 13%), and drug use (15% vs. 8%) compared to cisgender, heterosexual peers.
The 2023 national YRBS — the first to ask about transgender identity — found that LGBTQ+ students experienced significantly worse mental health, violence, and suicidal thoughts than their peers, data that directly supports the bill's rationale.
SAMHSA blog post on evidence-based care for LGBTQI+ youth — the agency that would administer the bill's grant program through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use.
The committee to which HR 3757 was referred on June 5, 2025. Any markup, hearing, or floor action would originate here.
Full text of Title V of the Public Health Service Act governing the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration — the statute HR 3757 would amend to add a new LGBTQ+ youth mental health grant program.
The 988 Lifeline's LGBTQI+ support page — crisis resources for the population this bill targets. The bill's grant program would fund crisis intervention services that complement existing lifeline infrastructure.
H.R. 3757 Common Questions
How much funding does the Pride In Mental Health Act provide?
H.R. 3757 authorizes $20 million per year for fiscal 2026 through 2030, or $100 million total over five years.
Does H.R. 3757 ban conversion therapy?
Not for the general public. The bill only bars grant recipients from using federal money for conversion therapy, advertising it, helping provide it for pay, or directing people to it. Practitioners outside the grant program aren't affected.
What counts as conversion therapy under the bill?
Any paid practice that tries to change someone's sexual orientation or gender identity, including efforts to change behavior or expression. The bill explicitly does not include gender transition support, identity exploration, or counseling addressing unsafe sexual practices.
Which LGBTQ+ youth would the bill cover?
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, nonbinary, intersex, and Two Spirit youth.
What does H.R. 3757 do about deleted SAMHSA reports?
Within one year of enactment, HHS would have to restore, review, and update LGBTQ+-focused reports and publications that were live on the SAMHSA website as of January 19, 2025.
Can grant money fund school programs?
Yes. Eligible groups can use the funds for school bullying prevention guidelines, integrating mental and behavioral health services into school systems, and patient navigator programs for LGBTQ+ youth and their families.
Does the bill require a federal survey on LGBTQ+ teens?
Yes. HHS would develop and conduct a federal survey on serious psychological distress, mental illness, and care access among LGBTQ+ youth, possibly as an enhanced feature of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
Who introduced H.R. 3757 and what's its current status?
Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS-3) introduced H.R. 3757 on June 5, 2025. The bill has 132 cosponsors, all Democrats, and was referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where it currently sits.
Based on H.R. 3757 bill text
H.R. 3757 Bill Text
“To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to ensure protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth and their families.”
Source: U.S. Government Publishing Office
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