Kid PROOF Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6396 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6396

To amend the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act to authorize the 
   use of certain grants to prevent suicide or overdose by children, 
         adolescents, and young adults, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 3, 2025

   Mr. James (for himself, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Salazar, and Ms. Craig) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and 
 Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act to authorize the 
   use of certain grants to prevent suicide or overdose by children, 
         adolescents, and young adults, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Kid Providing Resources for Optimal 
Outcomes against Fatalities Act of 2025'' or the ``Kid PROOF Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, 
              AND YOUNG ADULTS.

    Section 7102(c) of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (42 
U.S.C. 290bb-7a(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``and suicide'' before 
        ``for children'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                    (A) in clause (vi), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (vii), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(viii) a health care agency, health care 
                        site, facility, nonprofit entity, or provider 
                        treating children and adolescents (including 
                        any such agency, site, facility, or provider 
                        specializing in pediatrics and family 
                        medicine), a child and adolescent mental and 
                        behavioral health specialist, a children's 
                        hospital, a hospital emergency department, or a 
                        health facility or program operated by or in 
                        accordance with a contract with or grant from 
                        the Indian Health Service.'';
            (3) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) in the case of an eligible entity described 
                in paragraph (2)(A)(viii), or in the case of an 
                eligible entity that is an Indian tribe or a tribal 
                organization, interventions, with the consent of 
                parents or legal guardians of minors, to support the 
                prevention of, treatment of, and recovery from suicide 
                or overdose by children, adolescents, and young adults, 
                by--
                            ``(i) providing counseling to parents or 
                        legal guardians on best practices to prevent 
                        overdose and suicide; and
                            ``(ii) furnishing supplies to parents or 
                        legal guardians to prevent the misuse of lethal 
                        means commonly used in overdose or suicide.''; 
                        and
            (4) in paragraph (9)--
                    (A) by striking ``2019 through 2023'' and inserting 
                ``2026 through 2030'';
                    (B) by striking ``There is authorized'' and 
                inserting the following:
                    ``(A) In general.--There is authorized''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Allocation of amounts.--Of the amount 
                appropriated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, 
                not less than $2,000,000 shall be allocated to awarding 
                grants pursuant to subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of 
                paragraph (4).''.
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