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S 824 116th Congress Senate

Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act

Official title: A bill to increase the number of States that may conduct Medicaid demonstration programs to improve access to community mental health services.

Introduced: March 14, 2019 See on congress.gov
Health Health facilities and institutionsHealth programs administration and fundingMedicaidMental health
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Mar 14, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 14, 2019
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 Latest action March 14, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act

This bill increases the number of states that may participate in two-year Medicaid demonstration programs that improve access to community mental health services. It also extends the two-year term for existing state demonstration programs by two years.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1767 Identical bill Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 6 Republican 3
D
Cortez Masto, Catherine
Nevada · Feb 4, 2020
McSally, Martha
· Feb 4, 2020
 D
Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Apr 10, 2019
 R
Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Mar 14, 2019
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Mar 14, 2019
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Mar 14, 2019
 R
Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Mar 14, 2019
 R
Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Mar 14, 2019
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Mar 14, 2019
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Mar 14, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 824: Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-824/
MLA
"S. 824: Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-824/.
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S. 824, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-824/.
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