House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Mental Health Emergency Responder Act
Official title: To establish a grant program to assist eligible entities in developing or expanding behavioral health crisis response programs that do not rely primarily on law enforcement, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 8, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 8, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5706.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ANSARI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 166, October 8, 2025, Page H4528):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5706, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5706
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 11, 2025
- 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
10 cosponsors — 10 Democrats
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Troy Carter (D-LA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
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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.