The bill establishes a new federal grant program through the Department of Health and Human Services to help states, counties, cities, tribal governments, and territories create and sustain local crisis care facilities.
Create and fund a federal grant program to establish, operate, and expand behavioral health crisis care centers nationwide.
Occurrences
H.R. 10287, the 9-8-8 Crisis Response Act, was introduced by Ms. Schrier with Adam Smith as a cosponsor; its full title is “To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act and title XIX of the Social Security Act to promote access to mental health crisis response services.”
Evidence
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Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]. Latest Action: House - 10/28/2025 referred to committees. This bill has the status Introduced.
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The bill directs HHS to award grants for "establishing, operating, or expanding one-stop crisis facilities" and authorizes $11.5 billion for each FY2026-FY2030.
Assessments
Adam Smith sponsored H.R. 5859 in the 119th Congress to create HHS grants for establishing, operating, or expanding behavioral health crisis care centers, matching the promised policy substance. However, the bill remained introduced/referred to committees with no evidence of passage, enactment, appropriation, or operational federal grant program. This is a serious legislative attempt, but the promised outcome was not delivered.