Federal mental health outreach for Latino communities gets new strategy and funding
H.R. 4723 — Mental Health for Latinos Act of 2025 · Filed by Andrea Salinas (D-OR) · 9 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 23, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and implement a mental health outreach and education strategy specifically designed for Hispanic and Latino communities, addressing cultural and language needs, reducing stigma around mental illness, and promoting evidence-based treatments. The bill authorizes $1 million in funding for fiscal year 2026 and requires annual reporting to Congress on outcomes.
Why we flagged it
The bill is a straightforward public health measure that creates a new federal duty to develop and fund mental health outreach targeting a specific underserved population. It is not a tax provision, appropriation, or regulatory change—it is a directive to HHS to design and implement a community-focused strategy.
What the text implies
- The bill's effectiveness depends on HHS coordination with advocacy and mental health organizations—success is contingent on genuine partnership and not merely compliance with the letter of the law.
- Annual reporting requirement creates a public record of outcomes, which may expose gaps in mental health infrastructure or disparities that were previously unmeasured.
- The $1M authorization is modest relative to the scope of the target population; actual impact will depend on how efficiently HHS deploys resources and whether Congress appropriates additional funds in future years.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill directs federal resources toward mental health stigma reduction and culturally tailored outreach for a population with documented disparities in mental health access and outcomes. It mandates community participation, evidence-based approaches, and public reporting, creating accountability and transparency.
Who stands to gain
- behavioral and mental health organizations serving Hispanic and Latino communities
- advocacy organizations focused on mental health in Hispanic/Latino populations
Named in the bill
Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, Hispanic and Latino populations, Public Health Service Act, Part D, Title V
Where it stands
9 cosponsors: 9 Democrats.
- Jul 23, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 23, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $137,391 in lobbying spend. A filing names 58 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Andrea Salinas, the sponsor, reported $700,715 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- American Psychiatric Association — $137,391 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,380 characters) on May 21, 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.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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