Mental Health Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7140.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HORSFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 17, January 30, 2024, Pages H316-H317):
  Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill requires the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury (the Departments) to develop designations indicating the breadth of provider networks. The Secretary of HHS would gather necessary information from mental health and substance use disorder providers to help inform the development of such in-network participation indicators.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2024 ↗

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  447 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7140, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7140

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b37ac7a921847260841e55793981f6127ad66dcd8a32706878bb0fc7cbeb4afe

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7140, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.