H.R. 4933 · 118th Congress

Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act of 2023

Introduced on Jul 26, 2023 by Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31). 47 cosponsors, 1 of them from another party. Latest action (Jul 28, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jul 26, 2023
Cosponsors
47
1 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

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  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 modify the loan repayment program for the substance use disorder treatment workforce to relieve workforce shortages.

Subjects

  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Health personnel
  • Higher education
  • Medical education
  • Mental health
  • Student aid and college costs

Summary

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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 · 46

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Jul 26, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jul 26, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jul 26, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  4. Jul 28, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees

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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. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS INC.7 reports
    $114.9K reported (all issues)
  2. PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION7 reports
    $380K reported (all issues)
  3. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY5 reports
    $375K reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION$645K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. 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%
  6. The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. (AOTA)5 reports
    $945K reported (all issues)
  7. Association for Behavioral Healthcare3 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  8. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS (N.A.C.H.)3 reports
    $5.6M reported (all issues)
  9. THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA3 reports
    $245.4K reported (all issues)
  10. NETWORK OF JEWISH HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES2 reports
  11. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists1 report
    $350K reported (all issues)
  12. American Psychological Association Services Inc.(FKA American Psychological Assn1 report
    $330K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION$710.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  13. THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC.1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025.

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.