S. 3486
119th Congress
Senate
Expand the Behavioral Health Workforce Now Act
Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance to States on strategies under Medicaid and CHIP to increase mental health and su… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance to States on strategies under Medicaid and CHIP to increase mental health and substance use disorder care provider education, training, recruitment, and retention.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 16, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 16, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Lobbying activity
7
- NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
- NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
- AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
- AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
- NATIONAL ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE SISTERS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
- NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
Bodies those filers lobbied
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Education, Dept of
- Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
- Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)
Cosponsors
1
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3486: Expand the Behavioral Health Workforce Now Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3486/
"S. 3486: Expand the Behavioral Health Workforce Now Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3486/.
S. 3486, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3486/.
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