; and (3) only 31 percent of African Americans and Hispanics and 22 percent of Asians receive mental health care compared to 48 percent of Caucasians; Whereas LGBTQ individuals are more than twice as likely to suffer from mental health conditions and substance use disorders than heterosexual individuals, and— (1) 29 percent of LGBTQ youths attempt suicide, which is almost 5 times more likely than heterosexual youths; (2) approximately 31 percent of LGBTQ older adults report symptoms of depression, and 39 percent report seriously thinking about suicide; (3) 30.8 percent of transgender individuals report considering suicide compared to 2.3 percent of heterosexual individuals; and (4) of the 4,890 transgender individuals incarcerated in State prisons, only 15 were confirmed of being housed according to their lived gender, which poses a significant threat to their mental health; Whereas the COVID–19 pandemic has highlighted the gaps in our health system when it comes to mental health and substance use disorder services and shown how sheltering in place and isolating can impact one’s mental health and substance use, specifically showing— (1) that 47 percent of people report that the pandemic has negatively impacted their mental health, with 21 percent saying that it has had a major negative impact; (2) a significant increase in number of calls to suicide prevention hotlines; (3) a 1,000-percent increase in texts to SAMHSA’s mental health hotline to about 20,000 texts in April 2020; (4) a 55-percent increase in number of alcohol sales; and (5) an 11.4-percent increase in overdose fatalities in the first quarter of 2020 driven by increased feelings of anxiety, depression, and use of substances