HR8122-119

In Committee

9–8–8 Connect Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 26, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, 9–8–8 Connect Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Technology, Environment.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HD2D88DF98AE941CFA6CF24A20D23D20B: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the 9–8–8 Connect Act.
  • Section HBD8147E8D3F441F0A1271757E9A5A3D5: 2. Grants for follow-up services to individuals receiving suicide prevention and crisis intervention services Title V of the Public Health Service Act is...
  • Section H7D27BC3F3FDD4D51BFFEA26AED7C3433: 520E–5. Follow-up services to individuals receiving suicide prevention and crisis intervention services The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary,...
  • Section H43258B8F2DDD4DE78828FDE6F67B4599: 3. 9–8–8 Improvement In this section: The term 9–8–8 means 9–8–8, as designated as the universal telephone number within the United States for the purpose of...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, 9–8–8 Connect Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Technology, Environment

Primary Purpose

This bill, 9–8–8 Connect Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Technology Environment

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies: ,
health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 26, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Mar 26, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 26, 2026

Mr. Raskin (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Technology Environment
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

Learn more about our methodology