Bill lets more hospitals get federal money for building.
H.R. 7030 — Securing Facilities for Mental Health Services Act · Filed by Tom Emmer (R-MN) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jan 13, 2026 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill changes a federal program for hospitals. It lets all licensed hospitals use the program. Right now, only some types can use it. Hospitals would have 9 months to start. The government must write a report in 2 years.
Who it affects
Hospitals would have more access to federal money. This could help mental health facilities get built. The bill does not say what rule is blocked.
One thing to notice
The bill removes a rule but does not say what that rule is.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Jan 13, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jan 13, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Financial Services · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $1,220,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 90 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Tom Emmer, who sponsored the bill, received $2,362,750 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Mortgage Bankers Association — $1,220,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- licensed hospitals — Hospitals that have official permission from the government to operate.
- federal program — A program run by the government to help people or groups.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (973 characters) on Jun 8, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 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.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-21.
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