One Texas lawmaker is looking at another way to make social media safer for children in Texas.

HB 499, a bill introduced by El Paso Rep. Mary Gonzalez, would require social media platforms to display a warning label to tell users about the risk the app poses to a child’s mental health.

“If you log onto Facebook, see the label, it will make you a more conscious consumer, not banning it, but making you think do I need to be on Instagram for several hours or maybe on Instagram for 15 minutes,” Gonzalez said.

Nearly two-thirds of teens use social media daily according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Prolonged usage on these platforms can lead to mental health issues, experts say.

This is something Austin student Ayaan Moledina has dealt with.

“Seeing all of the different things that my peers are doing on social media, hanging out with friends, and all these different things that I feel left out of. It contributes to mental health struggles, and it contributes to social isolation. It contributes to depression,” said Moledina, federal policy director for Students Engaged in Advancing Texas.

On Monday, during a House Committee on Public Health, lawmakers heard from students and mental health experts on the negative effects social media creates.

Pediatrician Lauren Gambill said more time spent on social media correlates with higher levels of depression, anxiety or suicidal thoughts and actions.

“When you impact the brain during adolescence in those ways, and you have those negative consequences from that, it’s something that could potentially be life-altering,” Gambill said.

Advocates said this bill is not a one-size-fits-all solution but it is a step in the right direction: “It’s a constant reminder that even if they’re not reading it, they know that it’s telling them that they need to protect their mental health.”

The bill is pending in committee.