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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 9867

Expand the Behavioral Health Workforce Now Act

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Introduced 2026-07-22Topic: health care

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Expand the Behavioral Health Workforce Now Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to issue guidance for states on ways to increase education, training, recruitment, and retention of mental health and substance use disorder providers under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), particularly in rural and underserved areas.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-07-22HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.refer
2026-07-22Introduced in Houseintroduce
2026-07-22Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-10-09. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.