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H.R. 5711 115th Congress House

Improving Access to Mental Health Services Act

Official title: To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to allow National Health Service Corps members to provide obligated service as behavioral and mental health… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to allow National Health Service Corps members to provide obligated service as behavioral and mental health professionals at schools, other community-based settings, or patient homes, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 8, 2018 Introduced by: Linda T. Sánchez Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Health Government lending and loan guaranteesHealth personnelHome and outpatient careMental healthStudent aid and college costs
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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May 11, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 8, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 8, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 11, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improving Access to Mental Health Services Act

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to allow National Health Service Corps (NHSC) personnel who are assigned to provide health services in a health professional shortage area to provide services as behavioral and mental health professionals at schools or other community-based settings and at the homes of patients. Services provided pursuant to this bill may count toward completion of obligated service requirements under the NHSC scholarship or loan repayment programs.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 1
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
· Jun 28, 2018
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · May 23, 2018
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · May 8, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5711: Improving Access to Mental Health Services Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5711/
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"H.R. 5711: Improving Access to Mental Health Services Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5711/.
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H.R. 5711, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5711/.
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