Permanently authorize the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic model and give every state the option to implement it in their behavioral health care systems.

Doris O. Matsui · California · Democratic

policy impact 4.00 specificity 5.00 extraction confidence 99%

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

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reintroduced the Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act, legislation to permanently authorize the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model and give every state the option to implement this proven approach into their behavioral health care systems

Reintroduces legislation to make the CCBHC model permanent and available to every state.

Press Releases | Congresswoman Doris Matsui
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reintroduced the Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act, legislation to permanently authorize the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model and give every state the option to implement this proven approach into their behavioral health care systems

Matsui and colleagues reintroduced legislation to permanently authorize the CCBHC model and let every state choose to implement it.

MATSUI AND COLLEAGUES REINTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY-BASED MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION CARE | Congresswoman Doris Matsui
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Evidence

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The April 23, 2026 press release says Matsui and colleagues reintroduced the Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act, describing it as legislation to permanently authorize the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic model and give every state the option to implement it in their behavioral health care systems.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Recent official statement confirms the commitment was actively reintroduced, but it is a new proposal rather than a completed enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Press Releases | Congresswoman Doris Matsui
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The introduced bill text states that S.3402 was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance, and its short title is the Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act. The text amends the Social Security Act and Public Health Service Act to improve the CCBHC program.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill text shows the policy was introduced and referred to committee, but no passage or enactment is recorded.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Text - S.3402 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act
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Medicaid.gov states that the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, signed March 9, 2024, included section 209, which made the CCBHC program permanent as an optional Medicaid state plan benefit and defined CCBHCs certified by states under federal criteria.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official CMS/Medicaid guidance confirms the core promise was delivered for Medicaid: the CCBHC model became a permanent optional state plan benefit available to states. The page also shows continued 2026 implementation activity, including 10 new demonstration states announced May 28, 2026.

delivered unknown A for effort

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Demonstration | Medicaid
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GovInfo lists H.R. 7545 as introduced March 5, 2024 by Ms. Matsui and Mr. Bucshon, with the title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include certified community behavioral health clinic services as a State plan option under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill metadata shows Matsui personally sponsored legislation matching the Medicaid state-option piece of the commitment shortly before section 209 of Public Law 118-42 enacted that policy.

delivered unknown A for effort

H.R. 7545 (IH) - To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include certified community behavioral health clinic services as a State plan option under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes
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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term A for effort

The core outcome was enacted in federal law: section 209 of Public Law 118-42, signed March 9, 2024, made CCBHC services a permanent optional Medicaid state plan benefit, giving states authority to implement the model. Matsui also personally sponsored H.R. 7545 in the same Congress, a bill matching the state-option CCBHC policy shortly before enactment, so candidate credit is strong. Later 2025-2026 Ensuring Excellence bills appear to pursue additional Medicare, payment, and grant refinements, but they do not negate delivery of the stated Medicaid/state-option promise.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. unknown A for effort

Matsui publicly reintroduced legislation to permanently authorize the CCBHC model, and the bill was introduced and referred to committee, but the record provided shows no passage or enactment. That is a serious legislative effort that did not achieve the promised policy outcome.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 97%