,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abff  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #b1     
#bjbe,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself and   
,mrs4 ,britt7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to establish a ,youth ,mental  
,health ,research ,initiative in the    
,national ,institutes of ,health for    
purposes of encouraging collaborative   
research to improve youth mental health4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,youth ,mental ,health     
,research ,act4  #b4 ,collaborative     
research on youth mental health ,part ,b
 of title ,,iv of the ,public ,health   
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bhd et    
seq47 is amended by adding at the end   
the following3  #dji,k4 ,collaborative  
research on youth mental health  7a7 ,in
 general ,the ,director of ,,nih shall  
establish a ,youth ,mental ,health      
,research ,initiative1 to be led by the 

,director of the ,national ,institute of
 ,mental ,health1 in collaboration with 
the ,director of the ,eunice ,kennedy   
,shriver ,national ,institute of ,child 
,health and ,human ,development and the 
,director of the ,national ,institute on
 ,minority ,health and ,health          
,disparities1 to coordinate and         
encourage collaboration among the       
national research institutes and        
national centers with respect to        
fundamental and applied research on     
youth mental health1 including-- 7#a7   
social1 behavioral1 cognitive1 and      
developmental research1 to build        
resilience and increase the capacity of 
communities to identify and care for    
youth at risk or in crisis2 and  7#b7   
research to improve the targeting and   
delivery of mental health interventions 
in clinical and community settings where
 youth live1 play1 work1 and learn4  7b7
 ,authorization of appropriations ,there
 are authorized to be appropriated to   
carry out this section #ajj1jjj1jjj for 

each of fiscal years #bjbe through      
#bjcj4  4