S. 414Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)Passed Senate

ADS for Mental Health Services Act

Introduced February 5, 2025

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Updated December 10, 2025 at 5:31 AM UTC

The Advancing Digital Support for Mental Health Services Act requires large digital advertising platforms—those with over 100 million monthly users and that earn revenue from ads—to report annually to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on the public‑service advertisements they run that promote mental‑health resources. The FTC must then compile a public report and send a summary to the relevant Senate and House committees. The law is designed to give policymakers better insight into how online platforms are supporting mental‑health outreach, and it ends after five years.

Key Provisions

  • Within one year of enactment and each year thereafter, each covered platform must submit to the FTC a report showing the number and percentage of its ads that are public‑service ads, their estimated dollar value, how many focus on local or regional mental‑health resources, how many promote free mental‑health services, and a description of how they meet the public‑service definition.
  • The FTC must review the platform reports and, within 180 days, publish a publicly available summary and forward it to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee each year.
  • A public‑service advertisement is defined as a free, non‑paid ad that promotes mental‑health or behavioral‑health resources approved by SAMHSA, targeting issues such as self‑harm, substance abuse, behavioral addiction, or social isolation.
  • The reporting requirements apply only to platforms that generate ad revenue, serve as community forums for user‑generated content, and have more than 100 million unique monthly users or visitors.
  • The Act does not override existing privacy or data‑security laws and expires five years after it becomes law.

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Held at the desk.

December 10, 2025 • 12:25 PM

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SenateIntro Referral

Introduced in Senate

February 5, 2025

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

February 5, 2025

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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

March 12, 2025

SenateCommittee

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-32.

June 24, 2025

SenateCalendars

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 102.

June 24, 2025

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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8581-8582; text: CR S8581-8582)

December 9, 2025

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Received in the House.

December 10, 2025 • 12:03 PM

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Message on Senate action sent to the House.

December 10, 2025

HouseFloor

Held at the desk.

December 10, 2025 • 12:25 PM

Floor Debate

2 members

What members said about S. 414 on the floor

2 Republicans
John Barrasso
Sen. John BarrassoR-WY · Dec 9, 2025

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to immediate consideration of Calendar No. 102, S. 414. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be…

Ted Cruz
Sen. Ted CruzR-TX · Jul 29, 2025

Madam President, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed a report for S. 414, ADS for Mental Health Services Act, on June 24, 2025, before receiving the formal CBO score on the…

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 414

AN ACT

To require covered digital advertising platforms to report their public service advertisements.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Advancing Digital Support for Mental Health Services Act or the ADS for Mental Health Services Act.

2.

Digital advertising platforms public service advertising reporting

(a)

In general

Subject to subsection (e), not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section and annually thereafter, a covered digital advertising platform shall submit to the Commission a report that includes the following:

(1)

The number and percentage of total advertisements on the platform during the previous 12-month period that were public service advertisements.

(2)

The estimated dollar value of such public service advertisements.

(3)

The number of such public service advertisements that focus on local or regional mental and behavioral health care resources.

(4)

The number of such public service advertisements that promote free mental or behavioral health care resources.

(5)

A description of how such advertisements meet the definition of a public service advertisement as described in subsection (c)(2).

(b)

Report to Congress

Not later than 180 days after receiving the reports required under subsection (a), and annually thereafter, the Commission shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a publicly available report summarizing the information reported under such subsection.

(c)

Definitions

In this Act:

(1)

Commission

The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission.

(2)

Public service advertisement

The term public service advertisement means an advertisement that—

(A)

a covered digital advertising platform electronically serves to a user over the internet for free and without receiving any payment or other consideration in exchange;

(B)

promotes mental or behavioral health care resources that—

(i)

raise awareness of community events to address social isolation; or

(ii)

promote local or regional mental health care resources that are approved by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration that mitigate—

(I)

self-harm, suicide, eating disorders, substance abuse, and similar matters that cause harm to physical and mental health;

(II)

patterns of behavioral addiction; or

(III)

social isolation; and

(C)

is relevant and accessible to targeted audiences.

(3)

Covered digital advertising platform

The term covered digital advertising platform means a social media platform, public-facing website, online service, online application, or mobile application that—

(A)

derives revenue from advertising;

(B)

as its primary function provides a community forum for user-generated content, including messages, videos, and audio files among users where such content is primarily intended for viewing, resharing, or platform-enabled distributed social endorsement or comment; and

(C)

has more than 100,000,000 unique monthly users or visitors.

(4)

User

The term user means, with respect to a covered digital advertising platform, an individual who registers an account or creates a profile on such platform.

(d)

Relationship to other laws

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to supersede any applicable privacy or data security laws.

(e)

Sunset

This Act and all requirements, responsibilities, and obligations under this Act shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Passed the Senate December 9, 2025.

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