118 S2423 IS: Advancing Digital Support for Mental Health Services Act U.S. Senate 2023-07-20 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II118th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 2423IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJuly 20, 2023Mr. Sullivan (for himself and Mr. Peters) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationA BILLTo require covered digital advertising platforms to report their public service advertisements.

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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.

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Digital advertising platforms public service advertising reporting

(a)

In general

A covered digital advertising platform shall submit to the Commission an annual 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, behavioral, and physical health resources.(4)The number of such public service advertisements that promote free mental, behavioral, or physical health care resources.(5)A description of how such advertisements meet the definition of a public service advertisement as described in subsection (c)(3).(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 displays for free and without receiving any payment or other consideration in exchange;(B)promotes mental, behavioral, or physical health care resources, and may include advertisements that—(i)raise awareness of community events to address social isolation; or(ii)promote State, 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 other matters that pose a risk to physical and mental health;(II)patterns of addiction-like behaviors; 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, search engine, or other public-facing website, online service, or application that— (A)sells digital advertising space; and(B)has more than 100,000,000 unique monthly users.(d)

Relationship to other laws

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