Expand the Behavioral Health Workforce Now Act has not moved since its introduction on Dec 16, 2025, with one cosponsor, a Democrat
IntroducedDec 16, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 54 words.
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.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Finance Committee
- Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 8 of 311 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 190 words
- Latest action
- Dec 16, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 119th H.R. 9867 Expand the Behavioral Health Workforce Now Act D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]