Expand the Behavioral Health Workforce Now Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Dec 16, 2025
What it does
The Expand the Behavioral Health Workforce Now Act would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue non-mandatory guidance to states within one year of enactment on strategies to increase the education, training, recruitment, and retention of mental health and substance use disorder care providers under Medicaid and CHIP. The guidance would focus on improving workforce capacity in rural and underserved areas and may include recommendations on using Medicaid waivers and other federal authorities. It affects state Medicaid and CHIP programs and aims to strengthen behavioral health workforce participation in those programs.
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