Strengthening Medicaid for Serious Mental Illness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4331.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 110, June 23, 2023, Page H3143):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation creates a new package of services under Medicaid that specifically aims to provide care to individuals living with SMI, sets a national standard for SMI care, and incentivizes states to provide intensive community based services to treat SMI.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 23, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4331, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4331

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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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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