HR8487-119

In Committee

Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 23, 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, Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Finance, Government Operations.

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 H21AF5733F60A4D5E8ABD3C9AD8A67E95: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act.
  • Section HD0A66B2B18044EE494B681A82F530898: 2. Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
  • Section H901B72F9B7FD409ABF53B5001F8579A2: 101. Coordination of Medicaid certified community behavioral health clinic services with CCBHC operating grant program; CCBHC accreditation option Section...
  • Section HFAF580B06E834036A250B18BBC18F4E3: 102. Establishing a prospective payment system for certified community behavioral health clinics Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a) is...
  • Section HF31AD634D37D400CA36917A2F6619917: 103. Expanding CCBHC services within Medicaid demonstration program Section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is...

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, Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Finance, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Finance Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies:
health care providers and patients:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 23, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …

Apr 23, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 23, 2026

Ms. Matsui (for herself, Mr. Pfluger, Ms. Craig, Mr. Alford, …

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 Finance Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"additional CCBHC services" §HE78D6C254FDF4BF69BA9E1281A12DB15

services furnished to an individual as a patient of a certified community behavioral health clinic (as defined in paragraph (2)), in a manner reflecting person-centered care— that are not required CCBHC services under subparagraph (B)

"additional CCBHC services" §HF31AD634D37D400CA36917A2F6619917

services available directly through the certified community behavioral health clinic— that are not required CCBHC services (as defined in clause (ii))

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