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Introduced May 8, 2025 by Jeff Merkley · Last progress May 8, 2025
Creates a federal loan and loan-guarantee program to help eligible entities plan, build, renovate, or expand psychiatric and substance use disorder treatment capacity, including digital and telehealth infrastructure, with a pediatric/adolescent facility set‑aside. It also establishes a Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment Trust Fund to receive excess revenues from the loan program; amounts in the Trust Fund may be used for community mental health block grants subject to appropriation.