House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Mental Health Workforce and Language Access Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Grace Meng D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 5, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 9, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3817.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MENG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 97, June 5, 2023, Page H2742):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: HealthSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 5, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 105 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3817, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3817
- 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
25 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 24 Democrats
1 of 25 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Donald Davis (D-NC), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), David Trone (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Grace Meng.
- H.R. 3519 (118th) Hot Foods Act of 2023
- H.R. 3646 (118th) Menstrual Equity For All Act of 2023
- H.Res. 49 (118th) Recognizing the cultural and historical significance of Lunar New Year in 2023.
- H.Res. 1002 (118th) Recognizing the cultural and historical significance of Lunar New Year in 2024.
- H.R. 3434 (118th) Teaching Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander History Act
- H.R. 430 (118th) Lunar New Year Day Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.