House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 12, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 15, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5414.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 147, September 12, 2023, Page H4265):Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the following statement is submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution. The single subject of this legislation is: Mental Health CareSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 12, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 299 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5414, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5414
- 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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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
13 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 12 Democrats
1 of 13 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Scott Peters (D-CA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raul Ruiz.
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- H.R. 4046 (118th) CARE Act of 2023
- H.Res. 734 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day".
- H.R. 8325 (118th) Physician and Patient Safety Act
- H.R. 9529 (118th) SAFER Nursing Homes Act of 2024
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.