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Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] · D–LA
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-10-05 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed 9–8–8 Crisis Response Workforce Act would expand training provisions for mental health and substance use treatment workers to include crisis response work, such as answering crisis lines and serving on mobile crisis teams. It would authorize funding for training and require federal reporting on crisis service availability and need in areas with shortages of health professionals. These are proposed changes; the funding authorizations would not themselves provide money.
This Act may be cited as the 9–8–8 Crisis Response Workforce Act.
The Secretary shall collect and publish in the Federal Register data comparing the availability and need of crisis response services in health professional shortage areas and in areas within such health professional shortage areas
The fellowships awarded under subsection (a) shall be for postbaccalaureate training (including for master’s and doctoral degrees) for mental and substance use disorder treatment professionals
For each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031, in addition to the amounts under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section with respect to crisis workforce development $10,000,000.
in crisis management services (such as at a crisis call center, as part of a mobile crisis team, or at a crisis receiving and stabilization facility).
The bill would require the Secretary to collect and publish data in the Federal Register comparing crisis service availability with need in health professional shortage areas, including smaller areas within them. The data must include counts of crisis call centers, mobile response units, crisis receiving and stabilization facilities, and behavioral and mental health professionals providing crisis management services or working in crisis response settings.
The Secretary shall collect and publish in the Federal Register data comparing the availability and need of crisis response services in health professional shortage areas and in areas within such health professional shortage areas, including— (1) the number of crisis call centers, mobile crisis response units, and crisis receiving and stabilization facilities in such areas; and (2) the number of behavioral and mental health professionals providing crisis management services or working in crisis response settings, including the settings described in paragraph (1).
Under the provision headed “Minority fellowship pilot program for crisis management services,” the bill would replace the fellowship training language with coverage of training after a bachelor’s degree, including master’s and doctoral degrees, for mental health and substance use treatment professionals. It expressly includes crisis management training and fields such as psychiatry, addiction medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, and counseling.
(b) Minority fellowship pilot program for crisis management services Section 597 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ll) is amended— (1) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: (b) Training covered The fellowships awarded under subsection (a) shall be for postbaccalaureate training (including for master’s and doctoral degrees) for mental and substance use disorder treatment professionals, including— (1) in the fields of psychiatry, addiction medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, mental health counseling, and substance use disorder and addiction counseling; and (2) in crisis management services (such as at a crisis call center, as part of a mobile crisis team, or at a crisis receiving and stabilization facility).
The replacement fellowship funding provision would authorize $25 million per fiscal year for 2023–2027 for activities other than the crisis management fellowships, and $10 million per fiscal year for 2027–2031 for those fellowships. These are authorizations for Congress to provide funding, not appropriations that supply the money.
(c) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated— (1) for carrying out this section (except with respect to subsection (b)(2)), $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027; and (2) for awarding fellowships described in subsection (b)(2), $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031.
The bill would amend the behavioral health workforce education and training program to expressly include remote programs offering supervised practical training hours. It would also add language allowing training or practical placements using call, text, or chat responders for mental health crisis lines, and expressly include crisis management training settings.
(c) Behavioral health workforce education and training Section 756 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294e–1) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by inserting or remote programs that offer practicum hours after other field placement programs; (ii) by inserting (which may include training or a field practicum employing call, text, or chat responders for mental health crisis lines) after social work; and (iii) by inserting crisis management (such as at a crisis call center, as part of a mobile crisis team, or through a crisis receiving and stabilization program), after occupational therapy (which may include master’s and doctoral level programs),
The bill would also add crisis management services to three other parts of the workforce program, including the part addressing support workers described as paraprofessionals. Examples include services at crisis call centers, on mobile crisis teams, and through crisis receiving and stabilization programs. The existing provisions being amended are not reproduced in full.
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting and providing crisis management services (such as at a crisis call center, as part of a mobile crisis team, or through a crisis receiving and stabilization program) after treatment services,; (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting and providing crisis management services (such as at a crisis call center, as part of a mobile crisis team, or through a crisis receiving and stabilization program) after behavioral health services; and (D) in paragraph (4), by inserting , including for the provision of crisis management services (such as at a crisis call center, as part of a mobile crisis team, or through a crisis receiving and stabilization program), after paraprofessional field;
For the behavioral health workforce education and training program, the bill would authorize $50 million per fiscal year for 2026–2030. Each year, $15 million would be allocated to each of the grant categories in subsection (a)(1) and (a)(2), and $10 million to each category in subsection (a)(3) and (a)(4). The supplied text does not reproduce the full definitions of these grant categories.
(f) Authorization of appropriations (1) In general For each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000, to be allocated as follows: (A) For grants described in subsection (a)(1), $15,000,000. (B) For grants described in subsection (a)(2), $15,000,000. (C) For grants described in subsection (a)(3), $10,000,000. (D) For grants described in subsection (a)(4), $10,000,000.
The bill would separately authorize an additional $10 million per fiscal year for 2027–2031 for crisis workforce development within the behavioral health workforce education and training program.
(2) Additional authorization for crisis workforce development For each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031, in addition to the amounts under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section with respect to crisis workforce development $10,000,000.
The supplied actions snapshot, updated October 14, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 5, 2026. It does not establish what happened after that snapshot.
Source snapshot updated 2026-10-14T13:57:30Z. 2026-10-05: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2026-10-05: Introduced in House 2026-10-05: Introduced in House
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Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-10-05. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No provision unrelated to the bill’s crisis response workforce subject was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish the contents or attachment history of other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No spending direction for a particular recipient or place was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. Its program funding authorizations and allocations do not by themselves establish earmarks. This conclusion is limited to that version; member disclosures and committee or conference materials were not supplied.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow carve-out, special exemption, or preferential exception was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. Coverage of the training programs’ intended beneficiaries does not alone warrant a finding. This conclusion is limited to that version, and the underlying statutes’ full eligibility rules were not supplied.
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