Military ordered to keep mental health resources current for troops in crisis
H.R. 5040 — Accurate Mental Health Resources for Our Servicemembers Act of 2025 · Filed by Jahana Hayes (D-CT) · Introduced Aug 26, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill requires the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force to review and update all suicide prevention and behavioral health information posted on military installation websites by August 1, 2027, and certify to Congress that the information is accurate. It is a straightforward mandate to ensure servicemembers have current, reliable mental health resources.
Why we flagged it
The bill is a targeted mandate requiring military departments to maintain accurate suicide prevention and behavioral health information on installation websites. It is a straightforward accountability measure with no deregulation, subsidy, or private benefit.
What the text implies
- Establishes a federal audit trail: Congress will receive written certifications of accuracy, creating accountability if outdated or incorrect information remains on military websites.
- May expose gaps in current mental health resource infrastructure if departments struggle to verify accuracy or completeness of existing information.
- Deadline of August 1, 2027 gives departments ~2 years to audit and update systems; delays in compliance could signal resource constraints in military mental health programs.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Servicemembers and their families benefit from accurate, up-to-date mental health and suicide prevention resources. The mandate ensures outdated or incorrect contact information does not delay someone in crisis from reaching help. This is a direct public-health measure with no offsetting cost to citizens.
Named in the bill
Department of Defense, Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Air Force, Congressional Defense Committees, Military installations
Where it stands
- Aug 26, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Aug 26, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Armed Services · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services”
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 $20,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 110 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.
Jahana Hayes, the sponsor, reported $630,811 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- National Alliance on Mental Illness — $20,000 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 (933 characters) on Jul 2, 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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