U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10876: Behavioral Healthcare Deregulation Act
Status: In committee, October 22, 2026
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure appropriate access to mental health care under the Medicare program.
What the bill says
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure appropriate access to mental health care under the Medicare program.
From the introduced text, October 22, 2026:
A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure appropriate access to mental health care under the Medicare program. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Behavioral Healthcare Deregulation Act . SECTION 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) the behavioral health crisis in America is driven by misguided deinstitutionalization, outdated Federal regulations, uneven enforcement of mental health parity laws, and excessive administrative requirements that divert resources away from patient care; (2) Federal policy too often restricts access, discourages investment, and imposes unique burdens on behavioral healthcare patients and providers; (3) according to the National Institute of Mental Health While mental disorders are common in the United States, their burden of illness is particularly concentrated among those who experience disability due to serious mental illness (SMI) ; (4) patients with serious mental illness are held for hours, sometimes days and even weeks in emergency departments because a psychiatric bed cannot be found; (5) one in every four homeless people in America have a serious mental illness; (6) every 11 minutes an American dies by suicide; (7) patients with behavioral health conditions account for 27 percent of the United States population but account for 56 percent of healthcare spending; (8) only 4.4 percent of spending on patients with …
Sponsors
- Mike Kelly (R, HD-PA-16) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Health
Common questions
- What is HB10876?
- HB10876 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Behavioral Healthcare Deregulation Act.
- What does HB10876 do?
- In its own words: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure appropriate access to mental health care under the Medicare program.
- What is the status of HB10876?
- In committee as of October 22, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. (October 22, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10876?
- Mike Kelly (R, HD-PA-16).
- Where is the official record for HB10876?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10876
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