H.R. 1201 · 118th Congress

Increasing Behavioral Health Treatment Act

Introduced on Feb 27, 2023 by Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31). 11 cosponsors, 1 of them from another party. Latest action (Feb 27, 2023): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 27, 2023
Cosponsors
11
1 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid Program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • First responders and emergency personnel
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Health information and medical records
  • Home and outpatient care
  • Hospital care
  • Medicaid
  • Mental health
  • State and local government operations

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 27, 2023). Public domain.

Increasing Behavioral Health Treatment Act

This bill repeals restrictions that generally prohibit federal payment under Medicaid for services provided in institutions for mental diseases (IMDs) for individuals under the age of 65. (Currently, states may receive payment for such services through certain mechanisms, such as through a Medicaid demonstration waiver.) The bill also requires state Medicaid programs that cover IMD services to improve patient access to outpatient and community-based behavioral health care, expand crisis stabilization services, facilitate care coordination between providers and first responders, and report specified information relating to IMD utilization and costs.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Grace F. NapolitanoD-CA-31Sponsor

Democrats · 10

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Feb 27, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Feb 27, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Feb 27, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. COUNTY OF VENTURA5 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  2. County of Los Angeles, California5 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: COUNTY OF LOS ANGELESAI match · 99%
  3. County of Santa Barbara5 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  4. National Alliance on Mental Illness5 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  5. County of Los Angeles3 reports
    $108K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER DEPT OF HEALTH SERVICES$409.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  6. City of Downey, CA2 reports
    $18K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.