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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