Advancing Digital Support for Mental Health Services Act or the ADS for Mental Health Services Act This bill requires certain digital advertising platforms to annually report to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about their free public service advertising, with a particular focus on advertisements for mental, behavioral, and physical health resources. Additionally, the FTC must provide Congress with a summary of the reported information. The reporting requirement applies to social media platforms, search engines or other public-facing websites, online services, and applications that sell digital advertising space and have more than 100 million unique monthly users.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Science, Technology, Communications
Congressional oversightDigital mediaGovernment information and archivesHealth promotion and preventive careInternet, web applications, social mediaMarketing and advertisingMental health
ADS for Mental Health Services Act
USA118th CongressS-2423| Senate
| Updated: 7/20/2023
Advancing Digital Support for Mental Health Services Act or the ADS for Mental Health Services Act This bill requires certain digital advertising platforms to annually report to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about their free public service advertising, with a particular focus on advertisements for mental, behavioral, and physical health resources. Additionally, the FTC must provide Congress with a summary of the reported information. The reporting requirement applies to social media platforms, search engines or other public-facing websites, online services, and applications that sell digital advertising space and have more than 100 million unique monthly users.
Congressional oversightDigital mediaGovernment information and archivesHealth promotion and preventive careInternet, web applications, social mediaMarketing and advertisingMental health