United StatesC.A.R.E. for Mental Health Professionals Act
What it does
This bill establishes a grant program to promote interstate licensure compacts for mental health professionals. These are licensure agreements enacted by two or more states to mutually recognize the licenses of counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, or pediatric mental health professionals.
More detail
The Health Resources and Services Administration must award grants to interstate compact commissions or professional licensing boards. Recipients may use grants for projects to (1) incentivize mental health professionals to practice in states with interstate licensure compacts and (2) develop or maintain interstate compact commissions to implement the compacts.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jul 22Introduced in HouseLatest
- Jul 22Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.Introduced