House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Veterans Mental Health and Addiction Therapy Quality of Care Act
Official title: To require a study on the quality of care difference between mental health and addiction therapy care provided by health care providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs compared to non-Department providers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Pat Fallon R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 27, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2026 — Subcommittee Hearings Held
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2426.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FALLON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 56, March 27, 2025, Page H1338):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2426, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2426
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
12 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 12 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Josh Harder (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Troy Nehls (R-TX), David Valadao (R-CA), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), George Whitesides (D-CA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Steve Womack (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pat Fallon.
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- H.R. 5179 (119th) District of Columbia Attorney General Appointment Reform Act of 2025
- H.R. 3961 (119th) To prohibit the Secretary of Defense from entering into software source code contracts with entities with certain relationships with…
Related bills
- S. 702 (119th) Veterans Mental Health and Addiction Therapy Quality of Care ActIdentical bill
- H.R. 9237 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
- S. 4744 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.