Mental Health Access and Provider Support Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Mental Health Access and Provider Support Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Transportation, Immigration.
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 HCED14D81335C4EFDBBE2AD4BED12406A: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mental Health Access and Provider Support Act of 2026.
- Section HAA5564DCBA71484586A230A587C5D779: 2. Improving access to mental health services under the Medicare program Section 1833(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(1)) is amended— in...
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Mental Health Access and Provider Support Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Transportation, Immigration
Primary Purpose
This bill, Mental Health Access and Provider Support Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- health care providers and patients
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Cortez …
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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