Rural Behavioral & Mental Health Services
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-03-28 — Rural Wellness Act: 2025 — Rural Wellness Act (introduced): would amend USDA rural development loan and grant programs to prioritize behavioral, mental health, and substance use disorder treatment services, and reauthorize SUD treatment set-asides through FY2029 — routing rural behavioral health funding through USDA rather than HHS. (novelty: 2)