H.R. 7394 119th Congress House

Mental Health Career Promotion Act

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Subst… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, to establish a Mental and Behavioral Health Career Promotion Grant Program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 5, 2026 Introduced by: Becca Balint Democratic · Vermont See on congress.gov

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Feb 5, 2026

Introduced in House

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What's happening now February 5, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Related & companion bills 1

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 6

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
for NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
for NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN
for AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
for NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS · Virginia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
6 filings
Education, Dept of
6 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
6 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
6 filings
SENATE
6 filings
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
6 filings
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
5 filings
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
4 filings

A filing lists the bills it worked on and the parts of government it contacted in separate sections, so these are the bodies those filers named anywhere in the filing, not a per-bill breakdown.

Cosponsors 2

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Feb 5, 2026

Watson Coleman, Bonnie

New Jersey · Feb 5, 2026

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7394: Mental Health Career Promotion Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7394/

MLA

"H.R. 7394: Mental Health Career Promotion Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7394/.

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H.R. 7394, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7394/.

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