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Proc 10563ProclamationBiden · DCeremonial

Proclamation 10563

National Mental Health Awareness Month, 2023

President Biden proclaimed May 2023 as National Mental Health Awareness Month, calling on citizens, businesses, and organizations to participate in activities supporting mental health. The proclamation highlights existing administration efforts including the 988 crisis line, mental health investments through the American Rescue Plan, and gun safety law provisions, but contains no new binding policy directives or agency mandates.

Federal Register Open PDF 88 FR 27667

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation of May 2023 as National Mental Health Awareness Month

Near term (90d)

  • Month-long observance period with encouraged community activities

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Proclamation references past legislative achievements and calls on Congress for future action on social media regulation, but these are hortatory, not binding
  • No concrete agency mandates or resource allocations are directed by this proclamation itself
Proclamation 10563: National Mental Health Awareness Month, 2023 · Executive Orders