House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1638.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 50, March 17, 2023, Page H1295):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Health Care, Mental Health, Social WorkSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1638, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1638
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
45 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 43 Democrats
2 of 45 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI) and 15 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Barbara Lee.
- H.R. 1088 (118th) Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 561 (118th) EACH Act of 2023
- H.R. 1838 (118th) Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act
- H.Con.Res. 44 (118th) Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.
- H.R. 932 (118th) To repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq.
- H.R. 1510 (118th) Improving Access to Nutrition Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.