Introduced. Latest step, Jul 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. It would change 0 sections of existing law and would add 1 new provisions of its own.
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H.R. 9866 doesn't change any existing section of law. It would create 1 new provision of its own. Read from the bill text as introduced in the House (Jul 22, 2026).
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Sec. 2Mental Health Licensure Portability Programnew law
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Sec. 2 Mental Health Licensure Portability Program
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Compacts, Access, and Responsible Expansion for Mental Health Professionals Act or the C.A.R.E. for Mental Health Professionals Act
This bill establishes a grant program to promote interstate licensure compacts for mental health professionals. These are licensure agreements enacted by two or more states to mutually recognize the licenses of counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, or pediatric mental health professionals.
The Health Resources and Services Administration must award grants to interstate compact commissions or professional licensing boards. Recipients may use grants for projects to (1) incentivize mental health professionals to practice in states with interstate licensure compacts and (2) develop or maintain interstate compact commissions to implement the compacts.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jul 22, 2026).
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Jul 22, 2026Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress