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H.R. 7780: Mental Health Matters Act

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H.R. 7780: Mental Health Matters Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-05-16 · Education · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-05-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 458 (2022): On Motion to Recommit, HR7780 (2022-09-29), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Mental Health Matters Act

Plain summary

Mental Health Matters Act This bill requires certain federal actions to increase access to mental and behavioral health care. Among other provisions, the bill creates various grants to increase the number of school-based mental health services providers, establishes requirements for institutions of higher education concerning students with disabilities, prohibits arbitration and discretionary clauses in employer-sponsored benefit plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and establishes an occupational research program on mental health.

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Official text

Mental Health Matters Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11] · 3 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: Estimated Revenue Effects of H.R. 7780, the Mental Health Matters Act (2022-09-26)

Cosponsors on this site

Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11] reported raising $721,776 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr7780 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117