H.R. 7265, titled the “Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act,” authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide grants for programs aiming to reduce suicide rates among youth under 26 years old. The bill focuses on implementing evidence-based...
Simple Explanation
The Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act is a plan to give $30 million to help doctors and teachers learn better ways to stop young people under 26 from feeling so sad they want to hurt themselves, and to make materials that help everyone understand how to prevent it. The plan also suggests using money to make sure guns are stored safely and teaching about stopping suicides in schools, but it might be tricky to know if it works well because the rules aren't very clear.