H.R. 9866 · 119th Congress
C.A.R.E. for Mental Health Professionals Act
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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 · Jul 22, 2026
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 to implement the compacts.
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 (Jul 22, 2026): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 22, 2026
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.