S. 779 · 119th Congress

EARLY Minds Act

Introduced on Feb 27, 2025 by Alex Padilla (D-CA). 3 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Feb 27, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1430-1431)

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 27, 2025
Cosponsors
3
2 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend title XIX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for prevention and early intervention services under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program, and for other purposes.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Alex PadillaD-CASponsor

Democrats · 1

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Feb 27, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 27, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1430-1431)

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Mental Health America11 reports
    $114.5K reported (all issues)
  2. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION$645K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. American Academy of Family Physicians6 reports
    $5.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANSAI match · 99%
  4. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS (N.A.C.H.)6 reports
    $9.3M reported (all issues)
  5. NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH6 reports
    $960.1K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$4.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  6. National Alliance on Mental Illness6 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  7. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners6 reports
    $144K reported (all issues)
  8. National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors6 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM DIRECTORS INC.$1.8M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  9. National League for Nursing6 reports
    $171K reported (all issues)
  10. Trust for America's Health6 reports
    $243.4K reported (all issues)
  11. SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND4 reports
    $520K reported (all issues)
  12. American Psychological Association Services Inc.(FKA American Psychological Assn3 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION$710.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  13. The Nemours Foundation - a Florida not-for-profit Corporation2 reports
    $596.9K reported (all issues)
  14. Assn. of State and Territorial Health Officials1 report
    $49.8K reported (all issues)
  15. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY1 report
    $70K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVAI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.