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

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2438.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEGUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 58, March 30, 2023, Page H1695):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To establish a grant program to be known as the Mental Health Licensure Portability Program to award grants to eligible entities.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 30, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  193 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2438, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2438

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f719dc422930428e84ee1863a648080f5f5c54cc3c803892e61505635b16c93c

  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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