Mental Health Bills

Mental health policy decides what support is available at school, online, and in your community, and what it costs. These bills cover counseling, crisis help, and access to care. Here is what is moving in Congress right now, explained in plain language.

Current bills

• Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act (H.R. 8978 · 119th Congress · In committee)
• Pregnancy Loss Mental Health Research Act of 2026 (H.R. 9065 · 119th Congress · In committee)
• Early Childhood Mental Health Support Act (H.R. 9045 · 119th Congress · In committee)
• Increasing Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act (S. 4566 · 119th Congress · In committee)
  Increasing Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act This bill provides for coverage without prior authorization requirements of annual lung cancer screenings under Medicaid, Medicare, and private health insurance for individuals for whom…
• Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2026 (H.R. 8752 · 119th Congress · In committee)
• Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2026 (S. 4504 · 119th Congress · In committee)
• Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act (S. 2393 · 119th Congress · Signed into law)
  This law allows the Department of Veterans Affairs to build a new major medical facility in St. Louis, Missouri, starting in FY2026.
• Regulate the Price of All Drugs Act (H.R. 9040 · 119th Congress · In committee)
• Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2025 (S. 1157 · 119th Congress · Introduced)
• Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act of 2025 (H.R. 3490 · 119th Congress · Signed into law)
  The Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act of 2025 requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report on two topics related to esophageal cancer. First, it looks at how much health care spending is used for…
• Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act (H.R. 9090 · 119th Congress · In committee)
• Farmers to Families Act (H.R. 6776 · 119th Congress · In committee)
• Maternal Health Pandemic Response Act (S. 4550 · 119th Congress · In committee)
• Lainie Jones Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act of 2026 (H.R. 8839 · 119th Congress · In committee)
• Maternal Health Pandemic Response Act (H.R. 8807 · 119th Congress · In committee)
• Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act (H.R. 8829 · 119th Congress · In committee)
• Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act (S. 4540 · 119th Congress · In committee)
• Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act (S. 4503 · 119th Congress · In committee)
• Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act (H.R. 8473 · 119th Congress · In committee)
  Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act This bill expands support for public health veterinary services (e.g., disease surveillance or vaccination) in tribal communities to address zoonotic infectious…
• Community-Based Approaches to Prevent and Address Hate Crimes Act of 2026 (H.R. 9066 · 119th Congress · In committee)
• Physician Education for Fistula Treatment Act (H.R. 9015 · 119th Congress · In committee)
• Forest Health and Wildfire Risk Reduction Act (H.R. 8688 · 119th Congress · In committee)
• A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for payment for services of radiologist assistants under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. (S. 4624 · 119th Congress · In committee)
• Ensuring Rural Health Care Access for Military and Tribal Families Act (H.R. 8986 · 119th Congress · In committee)

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