H.R. 2412 · 118th Congress

Helping Kids Cope Act

Introduced on Mar 30, 2023 by Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE). 53 cosponsors, 4 of them from another party. Latest action (Apr 7, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 30, 2023
Cosponsors
53
4 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 the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to increase national capacity to provide pediatric behavioral health services at children's hospitals and through community-based providers to improve children's access to care; and to authorize grants to begin to address large numbers of children boarding in emergency departments, to support the pediatric behavioral health workforce, and for other purposes.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Mar 30, 2023). Public domain.

Helping Kids Cope Act

This bill establishes programs within the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to support pediatric behavioral health care.

Specifically, HRSA must award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible health care providers for (1) integrating and coordinating pediatric behavioral health care within communities, and (2) pediatric mental health and substance use disorder workforce training.

Additionally, HRSA must award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to hospitals or rural health clinics that predominately treat individuals under age 21 for expanding their capacity to provide pediatric behavioral health services. Recipients may use awards for constructing or modernizing sites of care and enhancing digital infrastructure, telehealth capabilities, or other improvements to patient care infrastructure.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Lisa Blunt RochesterD-DESponsor

Democrats · 49

Republicans · 4

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. Mar 30, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Mar 30, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Mar 30, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  4. Apr 7, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS5 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS$92K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON5 reports
    $540K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION, THE$2.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  3. NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  4. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS5 reports
    $450K reported (all issues)
  5. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS (N.A.C.H.)5 reports
    $8.4M reported (all issues)
  6. NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH5 reports
    $665.6K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$4.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. National Alliance on Mental Illness5 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  8. Trust for America's Health5 reports
    $215.3K reported (all issues)
  9. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY3 reports
    $225K reported (all issues)
  10. American Psychological Association Services Inc.(FKA American Psychological Assn3 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION$710.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  11. CALIFORNIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)
  12. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $14.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION$1.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  13. BayCare Health System1 report
    $211.6K reported (all issues)
  14. TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL1 report
    $100K reported (all issues)
  15. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia1 report
    $180K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA$177.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  16. The Nemours Foundation - a Florida not-for-profit Corporation1 report
    $190.2K 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.