CARE for Mental Health Professionals Act

This bill would require the Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, to create a grant program called the Mental Health Licensure Portability Program within 90 days of becoming law. Grants would go to interstate compact commissions or state licensure boards in states that take part in agreements recognizing each other's licenses for mental health professionals. Grant money could be used to encourage counselors to practice in states that have joined these compacts and to build, run, or maintain the compact commissions. The bill authorizes $4 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2030.

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Sponsors

• Angus S. King, Jr. Independent sponsor
• 0 cosponsors