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This bill, called the Early Action and Responsiveness Lifts Youth Minds (EARLY Minds) Act, amends the Public Health Service Act to enhance mental health prevention and early intervention services for children and adolescents. The bill allows states to include evidence-based prevention and early intervention strategies in their state mental health plans, focusing on preventing, delaying, or reducing the severity of mental illness and behavioral problems. States can now use up to 5 percent of their block grant funding to support these strategies, targeting children and adolescents regardless of whether they currently have a serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance. The bill also requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit biennial reports to Congress detailing which states are implementing these prevention services, the specific activities undertaken, the populations served, demographic information, and the outcomes of these interventions, including how they have reduced delays in mental health care access and mitigated the onset of serious mental health conditions.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1735/all-info