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

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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Matsui and colleagues reintroduced the Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act to permanently authorize the CCBHC model and let every state implement it.

Reintroduced legislation to permanently authorize the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic model and allow every state to implement it.

MATSUI AND COLLEAGUES REINTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY-BASED MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION CARE
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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.

Recent official statement confirms the commitment was actively reintroduced, but it is a new proposal rather than a completed enactment.

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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.

Official bill text shows the policy was introduced and referred to committee, but no passage or enactment is recorded.

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Text - S.3402 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act
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