Senate bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-97

Improving Access to Emergency Psychiatric Care Act

S. 599Introduced Feb 26, 2015Policy area: Health

Became law on Dec 11, 2015.

Sponsor: Sen. Ben Cardin D-MD

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 26, 2015
Committee actionJun 24, 2015
Passed SenateSep 28, 2015 · by unanimous consent
Passed HouseNov 16, 2015 · by voice vote
Resolving differencesNov 19, 2015
To the PresidentDec 1, 2015
Became lawDec 11, 2015

Latest action: Dec 11, 2015 — Became Public Law No: 114-97.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 599.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 599, Improving Access to Emergency Psychiatric Care Act” on July 9, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on June 24, 2015”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 9, 2015 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50369
CBO publication date
July 9, 2015
Congress.gov bill record
S. 599, 114th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/599
Record last updated by Congress.gov
January 20, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 114-101 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Finance Committee on July 30, 2015.
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 599, 114th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/599
Record last updated by Congress.gov
January 20, 2026
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

14 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 7 Democrats, 1 independent

6 of 14 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.

Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Burr (R-NC), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Susan Collins (R-ME), Al Franken (D-MN), Joseph Manchin (I-WV), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Patrick Toomey (R-PA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).

More from the sponsor

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Sponsor’s state and district

Maryland in Congress

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