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Your MoneyLGBTQ+ youth would get their own 988 crisis line option — backed by at least 9% of 988 funding
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The 988 program would have to set up and run a line where LGBTQ+ young people reach specially trained counselors. At least 9% of 988's yearly funding would have to pay for it.
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If you are an LGBTQ+ young person who calls, texts, or chats with 988, federal law would require a line just for you. Callers would reach counselors trained for LGBTQ+ youth. This is the "Press 3" option. The government would have to set up, restart, and run it. At least 9% of the money Congress gives the 988 program each year would have to go to this service. Current law allows about $101.6 million a year for 988 through 2027. Nine percent of that is about $9.1 million. The bill was written before a December 2025 law renumbered parts of this section. So some of its references no longer line up with the law as it reads today.
Congressional Summary
988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act of 2025 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.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-09-17
- Date Added
- 2026-09-24
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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