HR 4851 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

9–8–8 Implementation Act of 2023

Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 25, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

9-8-8 Implementation Act of 2023

This bill modifies programs and activities that support access to behavioral health services, with a focus on crisis services and the 9-8-8 telecommunication system that provides callers with mental health or suicide crisis support and resources.

For example, the bill establishes a national suicide prevention media campaign and grant programs to support crisis call centers and the behavioral health workforce. It also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to convene a panel to develop recommendations for 9-1-1 dispatchers on how respond to callers experiencing behavioral health crises, including with respect to utilizing the 9-8-8 system.

The bill also expands coverage under Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), private insurance, and insurance programs for members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and federal employees to include crisis response services.

Cosponsors 57

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 25, 2023 to Sep 24, 2024; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAngie CraigOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-VTBecca BalintOriginalJul 25, 2023
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-MDDavid J. TroneOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.OriginalJul 25, 2023
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-WAKim SchrierOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-ILLauren UnderwoodOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-WAMarilyn StricklandOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-WIMark PocanOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-MASeth MoultonOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-FLDarren SotoJul 26, 2023
D-TXLizzie FletcherJul 26, 2023
D-MALori TrahanJul 26, 2023
D-TXColin Z. AllredJul 28, 2023
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonAug 11, 2023
D-CAAdam B. SchiffAug 29, 2023
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.Aug 29, 2023
D-MIRashida TlaibAug 29, 2023
D-COYadira CaraveoAug 29, 2023
D-ILJonathan L. JacksonSep 8, 2023
D-CARobert GarciaSep 8, 2023
D-PASusan WildSep 8, 2023
D-ORAndrea SalinasSep 14, 2023
D-MNDean PhillipsSep 14, 2023
D-CASara JacobsSep 14, 2023
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanSep 21, 2023
D-CAJuan VargasSep 21, 2023
D-NHAnn M. KusterSep 27, 2023
D-MNBetty McCollumSep 29, 2023
D-ILNikki BudzinskiOct 19, 2023
D-WADerek KilmerOct 26, 2023
D-MNIlhan OmarNov 2, 2023
D-WARick LarsenNov 2, 2023
D-CAKatie PorterNov 29, 2023
D-FLSheila Cherfilus-McCormickNov 29, 2023
D-NHChris PappasNov 30, 2023
D-ILDelia C. RamirezNov 30, 2023
D-MEChellie PingreeDec 13, 2023
D-VAJennifer L. McClellanDec 13, 2023
D-CAMaxine WatersDec 13, 2023
D-NVSteven HorsfordJan 3, 2024
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneJan 3, 2024
D-NCDonald G. DavisMay 1, 2024
D-CAJudy ChuMay 1, 2024
D-MIDebbie DingellSep 24, 2024
D-PAMatt CartwrightSep 24, 2024

Committees 5

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Jul 25, 2023
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Jul 25, 2023
Health Subcommittee
Referred Dec 17, 2024
HouseArmed Services Committee
Referred Jul 25, 2023
HouseVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred Jul 25, 2023
Health Subcommittee
Referred Aug 24, 2023
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Jul 25, 2023

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Aug 24, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Jul 25, 2023Introduced in House
  4. Jul 25, 2023Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H6004Delia C. Ramirez D-ILNov 14, 2024

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, section 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. The single subject of this legislation is: Improving the mental health crisis care continuum

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 128, July 25, 2023, page H3951.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for improvements in the implementation of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
9–8–8 Implementation Act of 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 25, 2023Introduced in House

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