Bill expands mental health crisis help and requires plans to pay.
H.R. 10280 — 9–8–8 Implementation Act of 2026 · Filed by Doris Matsui (D-CA) · 24 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 3, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill funds call centers and trains workers for the 988 crisis line. It requires all health plans to cover crisis help. Health plans must pay for mobile teams and crisis places. The bill starts a national group to improve how 911 and 988 work together. Health plans must cover crisis care with no high costs. Health plans cannot set limits on crisis care.
Who it affects
People in crisis can call 988 and get help without paying much. Health plans must pay for crisis help. Taxpayers fund the new programs.
One thing to notice
The bill changes an old rule that stopped Medicaid from paying for crisis places. It also requires health plans to cover crisis care with no separate costs or limits.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
24 cosponsors: 23 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Sep 3, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 3, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Education and Workforce and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Armed…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Medicaid — Government health plan for people with low income.
- mobile teams — Groups of trained workers who go to people in crisis to help them.
- crisis places — Places where people in crisis get short-term care and help.
- health plans — Plans that pay for doctor and hospital care.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (43,293 characters) on Sep 4, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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