S. 683 · 119th Congress

More Behavioral Health Providers Act of 2025

Introduced on Feb 24, 2025 by Gary C. Peters (D-MI). One cosponsor. Latest action (Feb 24, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 24, 2025
Cosponsors
1
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

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand eligibility for incentives under the Medicare health professional shortage area bonus program to practitioners furnishing mental health and substance use disorder services.

Subjects

  • Government trust funds
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health personnel
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Medicare
  • Mental health

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.

Gary C. PetersD-MISponsor

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Feb 24, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 24, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS12 reports
    $2.5M reported (all issues)
  2. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS INC.12 reports
    $131.5K reported (all issues)
  3. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES6 reports
    $970K reported (all issues)
  4. National Alliance on Mental Illness6 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  5. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $343.2K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION$645K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  6. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners2 reports
    $48K reported (all issues)
  7. Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PINE REST CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES$15.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  8. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS, INC.1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)
  9. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN1 report
    $266K reported (all issues)
  10. Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association1 report
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  11. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.1 report
    $80K reported (all issues)
  12. GUIDEWELL MUTUAL HOLDING CORPORATION1 report

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

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.