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H.R. 2438 · 118th Congress

C.A.R.E. for Mental Health Professionals Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 118th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

1 cosponsor · 1 R

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Compacts, Access, and Responsible Expansion for Mental Health Professionals Act or the C.A.R.E. for Mental Health Professionals Act

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 30, 2023

Compacts, Access, and Responsible Expansion for Mental Health Professionals Act or the C.A.R.E. for Mental Health Professionals Act

This bill establishes a grant program to promote interstate licensure compacts for mental health professionals. These are licensure agreements enacted by two or more states to mutually recognize the licenses of counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, or pediatric mental health professionals.

The Health Resources and Services Administration must award grants to interstate compact commissions or professional licensing boards. Recipients may use grants for projects to (1) incentivize mental health professionals to practice in states with interstate licensure compacts, and (2) develop or maintain interstate compact commissions.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: C.A.R.E. for Mental Health Professionals Act

Also known as: Compacts, Access, and Responsible Expansion for Mental Health Professionals Act

Latest action (Apr 7, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 30, 2023

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.