House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Second Chance Mental Health Access Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage of 12 mental health telehealth visits per calendar year for certain previously incarcerated individuals under the Medicaid program.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 12, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7535.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. FOUSHEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 30, February 12, 2026, Page H2220):Article I of the constitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 29 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7535, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7535
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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.
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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
11 cosponsors — 11 Democrats
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Wesley Bell (D-MO), Troy Carter (D-LA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Valerie Foushee.
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- H.R. 5622 (119th) National Gun Violence Research Act of 2025
- H.R. 2679 (119th) Cool Roof Rebate Act of 2025
- H.R. 7657 (119th) Military Family Diaper Partnership Act
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.