House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Improving Access to Institutional Mental Health Care Act
Official title: 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.
Sponsor: Rep. Shri Thanedar D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 30, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 30, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5662.
- 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. 171, No. 160, September 30, 2025, Page H4510):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5662, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5662
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 15, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Shri Thanedar.
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- H.R. 4244 (119th) Prohibition of Medicaid Funding for Conversion Therapy Act
- H.Res. 69 (119th) Celebrating Hindu Americans, condemning attacks on Hindu places of worship, Hinduphobia, and anti-Hindu bigotry, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 10401 (119th) No ICE Deaths in the Dark Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1528 (119th) Recognizing suicide as a serious public health problem and expressing support for the designation of September, 2026, as "National Suicide…
- H.R. 1893 (119th) LIONs Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.