Improving Access to Institutional Mental Health Care Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8767.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THANEDAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 101, June 14, 2024, Page H4109):
  Congress shall have . . . power to make all laws. Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 14, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  307 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8767, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8767

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 29, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  43d3d0693e97e7db2d87701227eebae6a63db89190e970922e721f3fc4cb7ae5

  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 August 29, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8767, last updated August 29, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.