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30 2022 House Colin Allred Allred Colin         Labor HHS Pediatric Mental Health Innovation Center PEDIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH INNOVATION CENTER CHST’s new Pediatric Mental Health Innovation Center would serve children that have mild to moderate depression and anxiety and who currently are not being treated for their mental health needs, with the Center projecting to serve 50,000 children annually. Pediatric mental health issues are negatively affecting as many as 600,000 of the two million children across North Texas today including 175,000 children in Dallas County alone. Funding for a new Pediatric Mental Health Innovation Center would be a timely and beneficial response to the growing pediatric mental health crisis occurring in Texas. Mental Health America recently ranked Texas last among the 50 states and Washington, D.C., for youth access to mental health care. According to its 2019 report, “The State of Mental Health in America,” 71.3% of youth in Texas with major depression go untreated, compared with the national average of 61.5%. Current community behavioral and mental health resources are already stretched thin in North Texas and unable to accommodate the overwhelming need, which has only worsened since the onset. The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry reports that there are close to 15 million U.S. children who need mental health services, while there are only about 8,300 child and adolescent psychiatrists nationwide. Pediatric mental health issues lead to a cascade of short-term and long-term challenges for patients. Simply put, it is more economical and better for a person’s quality of life to address mental health issues as soon as possible.   850000