Ensure all Americans have access to mental and behavioral health services.

Betty McCollum · Minnesota · Democratic

policy impact 0.67 specificity 0.74 extraction confidence 90%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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We must also do more to ensure all Americans have access to mental and behavioral health services.

Commits to expanding access to mental and behavioral health services.

Health Care | Congresswoman Betty McCollum
primary · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

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The official House homepage for Rep. McCollum lists June 3, 2026 as the newest "Latest News" item, titled "Ranking Member McCollum Commends House Passage of Resolution Directing Removal of U.S. Forces from Iran War."

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): In the June 10-12 lookback window, the member's official site shows no newer public update tied to mental or behavioral health access; the newest visible public activity is from June 3, 2026, so the commitment remains unresolved on this refresh.

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Congresswoman Betty McCollum |Representing the 4th District of Minnesota
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 66%

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Latest News Congresswoman McCollum, Senator Tina Smith Secure Funding for Local Water Infrastructure September 24, 2026 Press Release

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): During the 2026-08-27 to 2026-09-25 lookback, the newest visible official homepage item concerned local water infrastructure, not enactment or implementation of mental or behavioral health access.

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Congresswoman Betty McCollum |Representing the 4th District of Minnesota
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 74%

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I voted for this bipartisan continuing resolution to keep the federal government operating through December 11th because Americans deserve certainty that the government services they rely on will be there for them.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): In the lookback window, McCollum reported voting for a continuing resolution to keep government services operating, but this was a temporary funding measure rather than a completed expansion of mental or behavioral health access.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Congresswoman Betty McCollum Votes for Temporary Funding Measure to Keep Federal Government Open | Congresswoman Betty McCollum
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 72%

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Full Title To establish an improved Medicare-for-All national health insurance program.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): McCollum was listed by GovInfo among the original backers of H.R. 3069, a broad universal health coverage bill; this is concrete legislative effort but not enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 3069 (IH) - Medicare for All Act - BILLS-119hr3069ih | Content Details | GovInfo
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

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(5) Mental health and substance use treatment services, including inpatient care.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The Medicare for All Act text expressly included mental health and substance use treatment services, tying the legislative effort to the commitment’s subject matter.

unresolved same_term A for effort

BILLS-119hr3069ih.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 84%

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Last Action Date Listed April 29, 2025 Action Ms. Jayapal ... introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo shows the Medicare for All bill was introduced and referred to committees; no enactment is shown, so the effort remains unresolved rather than delivered.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 3069 (IH) - Medicare for All Act - BILLS-119hr3069ih | Content Details | GovInfo
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 80%

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Vote Question: On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 Vote Type: Yea-And-Nay Status: Passed

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The final House vote on the FY2026 consolidated appropriations bill passed, but McCollum’s recorded vote on the same official page was Nay; this does not establish her delivery of the broad mental and behavioral health access promise.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 76%

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Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]* 09/23/2025 This bill has the status Introduced

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Congress.gov lists McCollum as an original cosponsor of H.R. 5557, the Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2025, but the bill remained only introduced/referred rather than enacted, so it is effort toward the promise but not delivery.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.5557 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 84%

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Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] 01/15/2026 This bill has the status Introduced

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Congress.gov lists McCollum as a cosponsor of H.R. 5944, a Medicaid inpatient mental-health access bill, but the bill was still only introduced/referred, so the commitment remains unresolved with concrete legislative effort.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.5944 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Restoring Inpatient Mental Health Access Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

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This proposal would rescind $15 million, the full amount appropriated in FY 2025 for the Alternatives to Detention-Case Management Pilot Program (ATD-CMPP). The ATD-CMPP grant program provided funding to nonprofits to provide mental health services, social services, legal orientation, and cultural orientation for immigrants and asylees.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): In the lookback window, OMB formally proposed rescinding funds for a program that included mental health services, a sign of contested or blocked access rather than completed broad delivery.

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Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 188 (Wednesday, September 30, 2026)
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

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The President may not force the expiration of budget authority Congress has already enacted and did not rescind.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): GAO found the September 25 rescission message could not lawfully force expiration of enacted funds, showing an official dispute over the attempted cancellation but not final delivery of universal mental or behavioral health access.

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Impoundment Control Act of 1974: Review of the President's Special Message of September 25, 2026 | U.S. GAO
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 84%

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Congresswoman McCollum Condemns Trump Administration’s Unconstitutional Action to Take Back $810 Million That Congress Invested in Health Care and Housing

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): McCollum publicly opposed the September 2026 rescission affecting health care and housing funds, which is relevant effort during the lookback but does not itself establish comprehensive mental and behavioral health access.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Appropriations & Budget | Congresswoman Betty McCollum
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%

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To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Public Law 119-44 enacted a narrower behavioral-health-adjacent reauthorization for substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, supporting partial delivery but not the full promise of access for all Americans.

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Public Law 119-44 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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McCollum | McCollum | Democratic | MN | Yea

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The House Clerk records McCollum voting Yea on H.R. 2483, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, which later became law; this is concrete legislative effort toward partial delivery.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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Sec. 203. Mental and behavioral health education and training grants.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The enacted SUPPORT reauthorization included mental and behavioral health education and training grants, a concrete but limited component of access expansion rather than fulfillment of the all-Americans access claim.

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Public Law 119-44 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 87%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown

The claim is a broad, ongoing federal policy goal, and the provided evidence does not show that Rep. McCollum secured comprehensive access to mental and behavioral health services or materially advanced a completed outcome. The only cited public update is unrelated, so this remains unresolved rather than delivered or clearly failed.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 79%