118th Congress Health
H.R. 3817: Mental Health Workforce and Language Access Act of 2023
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Summary
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award supplemental grants to certain federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) for recruiting and retaining mental health care providers who are fluent in another language besides English.
HHS must award the grants to FQHCs that are already receiving federal assistance to support outpatient primary care for low-income individuals or other underserved populations. Additionally, HHS must give preference to FQHCs where at least 10% of the patients are best served in a language other than English.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Yvette Clarke D-NYOriginal
- Brian Fitzpatrick R-PAOriginal
- Salud Carbajal D-CA
- Sara Jacobs D-CA
- Derek Kilmer D-WA
- Grace Napolitano D-CA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Terri Sewell D-AL
- Donald Davis D-NC
- Dan Goldman D-NY
- Ann Kuster D-NH
- Kevin Mullin D-CA
- Judy Chu D-CA
- Paul Tonko D-NY
- David Trone D-MD
- Colin Allred D-TX
- Raúl Grijalva D-AZ
- Andy Kim D-NJ
- Diana DeGette D-CO
- Jesús García D-IL
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD
- Yadira Caraveo D-CO
- Jerrold Nadler D-NY
- Jill Tokuda D-HI
- Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM
Who scored on this bill
- 1Grace Meng SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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History
- Introduced in the House by Grace Meng.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.