I will sponsor legislation to increase funding for mental health and substance treatment, require and fund treatment centers in every county.
I will sponsor legislation to increase funding for mental health and substance treatment and require and fund treatment centers in every county.
Occurrences
Evidence
The official press-release archive for May and June 2026 shows recent activity on unrelated items, including a bill on DHS communications, a student-loan collection bill, Yemen TPS, ballot-related statements, and impeachment-related statements; no mental-health or substance-treatment bill announcement is visible in the lookback window.
Thanedar said he introduced the Health Disparity Zones Act of 2023 to address health inequities by creating designated zones, offering tax incentives, grants, and student-loan repayment to attract and retain healthcare professionals, and raising Medicare Part B payment rates by 10 percent in those zones.
Assessments
Thanedar has shown related same-term legislative effort in federal office, most notably introducing the Health Disparity Zones Act of 2023 to direct grants, incentives, and higher Medicare payments toward underserved areas. That is meaningful health-funding work and merits credit for effort. But the available official evidence does not show that he sponsored or delivered legislation specifically to increase mental-health and substance-treatment funding while also requiring and funding treatment centers in every county, and there is no sign that such an outcome passed. Under a federal office standard, this is closer to partial fulfillment than full delivery or a complete miss.