Bill Detail
H.R. 9866
Congress: 119
Title
C.A.R.E. for Mental Health Professionals Act
Summary
Compacts, Access, and Responsible Expansion for Mental Health Professionals Act or the C.A.R.E. for Mental Health Professionals Act This bill establishes a grant program to promote interstate licensure compacts for mental health professionals. These are licensure agreements enacted by two or more states to mutually recognize the licenses of counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, or pediatric mental health professionals. The Health Resources and Services Administration must award grants to interstate compact commissions or professional licensing boards. Recipients may use grants for projects to (1) incentivize mental health professionals to practice in states with interstate licensure compacts and (2) develop or maintain interstate compact commissions to implement the compacts.
Sponsor
Rep. Joe Neguse [D-CO-2]
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Status as of Nov 13, 2026, 9:46 AM · synced 2d ago
Introduced
2026-07-22
Data source mode: congress-gov
Bill Engagement
Compacts, Access, and Responsible Expansion for Mental Health Professionals Act or the C.A.R.E. for Mental Health Professionals Act This bill establishes a grant program to prom…
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