this bipartisan legislation builds on that work by increasing awareness of and access to these vital services. By leveraging the reach of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, we can connect more teens and young adults with the support they need, ensure they know help is available, and reach more young people before a crisis becomes a tragedy.
Support legislation to expand suicide prevention resources for young people, including 988 awareness on student IDs and drivers' licenses and expanded campus intervention grants.
Occurrences
led the bipartisan introduction of the Campus Lifeline Act of 2026, legislation aiming to expand awareness and access to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline for students and young adults
Trahan ... introduced the Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act, legislation to support positive mental health promotion and suicide prevention programs in high schools. The bill would authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program that provides funding to school districts to strengthen behavioral health awareness through planning and prevention efforts, public health campaign materials, and additional activities. ... "This long overdue legislation will enable us to live up to the promises we made ... to do everything possible to prevent another teenage suicide."
Evidence
Congress.gov lists H.R.7666 as passed in the House 402-20 on June 22, 2022 and referred to the Senate. Its table of contents includes Crisis Care Services and 9-8-8 Implementation, Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Reauthorization, and Mental health and substance use disorder services for students in higher education.
House roll call vote 286 was final passage of H.R.7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022; the bill passed 402-20. Representative Lori Trahan is recorded as voting Yea.
The bill text reauthorized the suicide prevention technical assistance center at $9,000,000 for fiscal years 2023-2027, youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies at $40,000,000 for fiscal years 2023-2027, and extended mental health and substance use disorder services for students in higher education through 2027.
Congress.gov identifies S.2661 as the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020, enacted as Public Law 116-172, establishing 988 as the universal telephone number for the national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system.
Public Law 117-328 incorporated mental-health and suicide-prevention reauthorizations, including Garrett Lee Smith youth suicide prevention and higher-education student mental-health provisions for fiscal years 2023-2027.
HHS/SAMHSA announced that the United States would transition to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline on July 16, 2022, providing an easier-to-remember three-digit number for suicide prevention and mental health crisis support.
The official H.R.7666 text contains crisis-care, 988 implementation, Garrett Lee Smith, youth suicide prevention, and higher-education student mental-health provisions, but the reviewed bill text did not include a requirement to place 988 information on student identification cards or driver licenses.
Assessments
The record supports partial fulfillment. During Trahan's federal House term, she voted for H.R.7666, which included 988 implementation, Garrett Lee Smith youth suicide-prevention reauthorization, and higher-education student mental-health provisions. Some youth suicide-prevention and campus mental-health grant/resource provisions were later incorporated into Public Law 117-328 for FY2023-FY2027, and 988 became operational nationally in 2022. However, the evidence does not show enactment of the specific federal requirement to place 988 awareness information on student IDs or drivers' licenses, so the full promise was not delivered. Her vote for the House bill counts as a serious legislative effort.