Whereas Americans across the country continue to confront an ongoing mental health crisis; Whereas we continue to see increasing reports of loneliness, stress, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, and substance abuse; Whereas the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health conducted by found that— (1) the number of American adults living with a mental illness has risen from 51,400,000 in 2019 to 59,300,000 in 2022; (2) 23 percent of Americans over the age of 18 and 36 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 25 have lived with a mental illness during the past year; and (3) 13,200,000 adults had serious thoughts of suicide during the past year; Whereas an October 2022 Kaiser Family Foundation/CNN Mental Health in America Survey found that— (1) 90 percent of the public think that there is a mental health crisis in the United States today; (2) 55 percent of the public think that mental health issues in children and teenagers in the United States today are a crisis; (3) 47 percent of parents say that the COVID–19 pandemic has had a negative impact on their child’s mental health; and (4) 51 percent of all adults say they or a family member has experienced a severe mental health crisis; Whereas the Stress in America 2023 survey conducted by the American Psychological Association found that— (1) 26 percent of adults are so stressed that they struggle to function; (2) 47 percent of adults struggle to go to work or attend school because of stress; and (3) 58 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 feel completely overwhelmed by stress every day; Whereas the 2022 Access to Care Survey conducted by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing found that— (1) 2 in 5 Americans reported needing mental health care; (2) 43 percent of Americans who needed mental health care over the past 12 months did not receive it; and (3) two-thirds of Americans believe that it is harder to find a mental health care provider than it is to find a physical health care provider