Expand the Behavioral Health Workforce Now Act

United States118th CongressS-3158Senate
Updated: Oct 26, 2023

Summary

Expand the Behavioral Health Workforce Now Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to issue guidance for states on ways to increase education, training, recruitment, and retention of mental health and substance use disorder providers under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), particularly in rural and underserved areas.

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Timeline

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HR-7619: Expand the Behavioral Health Workforce Now Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    Senate

  2. Introduced in Senate

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