Federal · 119th Congress
988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act of 2025
Policy areaHealth
Summary
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.
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A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to dedicate sufficient resources for the support of LGBTQ+ youth seeking help from the 9-8-8 suicide prevention hotline, and for other purposes.Official Title as Introduced
988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act of 2025Short Title(s) as Introduced
Legislative history2
Mar 19, 2026
Senate · CommitteeCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Sep 17, 2025
SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.