ACCESS in Mental Health Act
Latest action · May 6, 2024 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2869)
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.
- IntroducedApr 10, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 10, 2024 to Nov 18, 2024; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Apr 10, 2024 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Apr 10, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Apr 10, 2024 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Apr 10, 2024 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Apr 10, 2024 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 10, 2024 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Apr 10, 2024 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Apr 10, 2024 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Apr 10, 2024 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Apr 10, 2024 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Apr 10, 2024 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Apr 10, 2024 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Apr 10, 2024 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Apr 10, 2024 |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Original | Apr 10, 2024 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Original | Apr 10, 2024 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Apr 10, 2024 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Apr 18, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Apr 19, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Jul 22, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Jul 30, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Wiley Nickel | Nov 18, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Apr 10, 2024 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 6, 2024Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2869)
- Apr 11, 2024Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2304)
- Apr 10, 2024Introduced in House
- Apr 10, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
In the Congressional Record 2
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2869 | Jamaal Bowman D-NY | May 6, 2024 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2304 | Jamaal Bowman D-NY | Apr 11, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 61, April 10, 2024, page H2290.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to support graduate programs in mental and behavioral health professions at minority-serving institutions, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- ACCESS in Mental Health Act
- Advancing Culturally Competent and Equitable Supportive Services in Mental Health Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2024Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
