House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
More Behavioral Health Providers Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand eligibility for incentives under the Medicare health professional shortage area bonus program to practitioners furnishing mental health and substance use disorder services.
Sponsor: Rep. Nikki Budzinski D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 3, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7324.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BUDZINSKI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 24, February 3, 2026, Page H1976):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 3, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7324, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7324
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nikki Budzinski.
- H.R. 2034 (119th) Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship Opportunity Act
- H.R. 3863 (119th) VA Mental Health Outreach and Engagement Act
- H.R. 2103 (119th) Protect Postal Performance Act
- H.R. 8076 (119th) PREDICT Act
- H.R. 7938 (119th) Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Stabilization Grant Program Act of 2026
- H.R. 3183 (119th) SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act of 2025
Related bills
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.