(CNN) Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand released a plan on Tuesday to expand mental health coverage in the United States.

The plan, which labels mental health a "growing crisis in our country," looks to combat the issue by using federal funds to expand Community Health Centers and behavioral health clinics, expand coverage of non-traditional mental health treatments and enacting federal "safeguards" to ensure that providers was fully reimbursed for treatment.

The New York senator's plan particularly looks to expand coverage and opportunities for three groups: People of color, students and people who live in rural America.

Mental health is a key issue for voters in 2020, and has featured prominently in the political discourse following the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Presidential candidates are often asked about it during town halls, and Gillibrand is not the first candidate to release a mental health plan -- candidates like Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton and former Rep. John Delaney, among others, have laid out proposals to tackle the issue.

"Transcending race, gender, age, religion, or life experience, mental health is a growing crisis in our country — and it has gone without sufficient attention, care or resources for too long," Gillibrand writes in a Medium post about the plan. "Antiquated stigma and systemic failures have kept millions of Americans from sharing their suffering with others, forcing them to struggle quietly."

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