H.R. 8201

Summary

H.R. 8201, to amend Public Health Service Act to require community health centers to provide behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services, and for other purposes, was introduced in the House on Apr 6, 2026 by Rep. Suzanne Lee (D) with 2 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Jun 25, 2026: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

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Text

H.R. 8201 has 2 co-sponsors.

119 HR 8201 IH: To amend Public Health Service Act to require community health centers to provide behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services, and for other purposes.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-04-06
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 8201  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   April 6, 2026   Ms. Lee of Nevada  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To amend Public Health Service Act to require community health centers to provide behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services, and for other purposes.
1.
Required primary health services of community health centers
(a)
Inclusion of behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services
(1)
In general
Section 330(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(1)(A)(i) ) is amended—
(A)
in subclause (IV), by striking  and  at the end;
(B)
in subclause (V), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting  ; and ; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:
(VI)
behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services;
  .
(2)
Conforming amendment
Section 330(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(2) ) is amended—
(A)
by striking subparagraph (A); and
(B)
by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively.
(b)
Funding
Section 10503(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b) ) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1)(K), by striking  and  at the end;
(2)
in paragraph (2)(L), by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; and ; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:
(3)
to be transferred to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide enhanced funding to provide the services specified in subclause (VI) of section 330(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(1)(A)(i) ), $700,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031.
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To amend Public Health Service Act to require community health centers to provide behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Suzanne Lee (D) sponsors H.R. 8201, and 2 members have co-sponsored it.

Suzanne Lee

Rep. · D–NV-3 · Sponsor

Introduced Apr 6, 2026

Gabe Amo

Rep. · D–RI-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 21, 2026

Thomas Kean

Rep. · R–NJ-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 21, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 8201 went before 2 committees: Health Subcommittee and Energy and Commerce.

Health Subcommittee

Health Subcommittee

Reported by · Jun 25, 2026 · 143 Bills

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Apr 6, 2026 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 8201 has taken 5 actions since Apr 6, 2026, the latest on Jun 25, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 8201 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 8201 goes by 2 titles.

• To amend Public Health Service Act to require community health centers to provide behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced
• To amend Public Health Service Act to require community health centers to provide behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services, and for other purposes. — Display Title

Lobbying

11 clients hired 12 firms and 63 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 8201 in 13 quarterly filings, 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Veterans, Immigration, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Pharmacy.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 63.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 8201 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 8201’s is Health.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 8201 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Drug, alcohol, tobacco use to Mental health.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 8201, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 62 (Monday, April 6, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. LEE of Nevada:H.R. 8201.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 provides Congress with thepower to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts andExcises''[Page H2825]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com