Rural Behavioral Health Improvement Act of 2025
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-03-28 — Rural Wellness Act: cross-connection with rural-behavioral-mental-health: Both address federal support for rural behavioral health infrastructure; the Rural Wellness Act works through USDA rural development financing while the Rural Behavioral Health Improvement Act operates through HHS/Medicare jurisdiction. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-09-08 — Rural Behavioral Health Improvement Act of 2025: 2025-09-08 — HR5217 (Rural Behavioral Health Improvement Act of 2025) introduced in the House and referred to the Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Committees; bill would improve behavioral health services in rural areas, though specific mechanisms are not detailed at the referral stage. (novelty: 3)