Congress creates a mental health task force to study middle school needs.
H.R. 10760 — Healthy Minds for a Better Future Act · Filed by Thomas Kean (R-NJ) · Introduced Oct 6, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill sets up a 12-member task force. It splits between the Department of Education and Department of Health and Human Services. The task force will study mental health resources for middle school educators and parents. It will write yearly reports on what it finds. Members include two Cabinet secretaries, school leaders, and mental health experts. It also includes one teacher and one parent from each of four U.S. regions.
Who it affects
The task force may help surface facts about mental health gaps affecting middle schoolers. The task force has no money and no power to force people to testify. It meets only twice a year. Real help for students and families depends on whether Congress acts on the reports.
One thing to notice
The task force has no budget and no hired staff who get paid. It also cannot force schools or mental health providers to share information.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Oct 6, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Oct 6, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- task force — A group set up to study a problem and report back findings.
- Department of Education — The federal agency that handles school policy and education programs.
- Department of Health and Human Services — The federal agency that handles health and social service programs.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (4,280 characters) on Oct 9, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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