(a) The department, in consultation with the Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, shall report to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Health, the Senate Committee on Judiciary, the Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection, and other relevant policy committees of the Legislature, a statewide strategy to understand, communicate, and mitigate mental health risks associated with the use of social media by children and youth. The report shall include all of the following:

1. (1) The degree to which the mental health of children and youth is positively, negatively, or neutrally impacted by use of social media.
2. (2) Recommendations to strengthen children and youth resiliency strategies and California’s use of mental health services related to social media use.
3. (3) Any barriers to receiving data relevant to completing this report.

(b) In preparing the report, the department shall explore all of the following:

1. (1) The types of social media.
2. (2) The child and youth populations that use social media, including disproportionate rates and impacts among specific groups.
3. (3) Opportunities to support resilience and mental well-being among children and youth around social media use.
4. (4) Negative behavioral health risks, which includes mental health and substance misuse associated with social media use and misuse among children and youth.
5. (5) The factors that contribute to positive, negative, and neutral impacts among various populations of children and youth.