House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Improving CARE for Youth Act
Official title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure Medicaid coverage of mental health services or substance use disorder services and primary care services furnished on the same day.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 22, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9847.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DUNN of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 120, July 22, 2026, Page H5177):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes for the general welfare, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 218 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9847, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9847
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
4 of 4 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Troy Carter (D-LA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Neal Dunn.
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- H.R. 1566 (119th) REPAIR Act
- H.R. 1300 (119th) PSA Screening for HIM Act
- H.R. 5178 (119th) Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act
- H.R. 2836 (119th) FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.