H.R. 9867House bill · 119th CongressIn committeeHealth

Expand the Behavioral Health Workforce Now Act

Sponsored byJoe NeguseD-CO-2Introduced Jul 22, 2026Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Jul 22, 2026) — on Energy and Commerce.

What it does

Congressional Research Service, Jul 22, 2026

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to issue guidance for states on ways to increase education, training, recruitment, and retention of mental health and substance use disorder providers under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), particularly in rural and underserved areas.

Face Value

as introduced
100Narrow

How much of this bill its name accounts for.

  • Every bill starts at100
  • Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.

Face Value measures reach, not honesty. A big bill can be accurately named, and a low score is not an accusation — it means the contents reach further than any short title could describe. Count it yourself ↗ How this is worked out

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