119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Dec 9, 2025
Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Dec 9, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Health
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Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS · lobbying firm or registrant: MASON CONSULTING, LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 21, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$24,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…8 Lifeline Location Improvement Act of 2025 S. 3315, Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2025 S. 3386, Health Care Freedom for Patients Act of 2025 S. 3402, Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act S. 3799, Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2026 S. 3853, End the Vaccine Carveout Act S. 4088, Welcome Back to the…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CENTERSTONE · lobbying firm or registrant: CENTERSTONE
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 21, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$70,000
Spent on own lobbying
S.3402 - Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act S.2011 - Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025 Long Term Care Pharmacies
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NETSMART TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: GUIDE CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Issues related to behavioral health information technology; Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act (S.3402)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR MENTAL WELLBEING FKA NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH · lobbying firm or registrant: GUIDE CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$70,000
Paid to lobbying firm
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 2783); Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act (S.3402); Community Mental Wellness Worker Training Act (H.R.5733); 9-8-8 CONNECT Act (H.R. 8122); Residential Recovery for Seniors Act (H.R.9232).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR MENTAL WELLBEING FKA NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH · lobbying firm or registrant: GUIDE CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$70,000
Paid to lobbying firm
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 2783); Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act (S.3402); Community Mental Wellness Worker Training Act (H.R.5733); 9-8-8 CONNECT Act (H.R. 8122); Residential Recovery for Seniors Act (H.R.9232).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…d virtual peer support programs for family caregivers. S. 3271: In-Home CARE Act authorizes grants to support family caregivers through home visiting programs. S. 3402: Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act expands and standardizes community behavioral health clinic services S. 3431: Improving Measurements for Loneliness a…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ASSOCIATION FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE · lobbying firm or registrant: HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN, P.C.
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 8487/S.3402 - Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act; H.R. 1510/S. 1720 - The Due Process Continuity of Care Act; H.R. 2741/S. 1329 - The Providing Empathetic and Effect…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 16, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$520,000
Spent on own lobbying
….8124, Stabilization to Prevent (STOP) Suicide Act H.R.8201, Require FQHCs to Provide Behavioral and Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services H.R.8487/S.3402, Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act H.R.9257/S.4754, The Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act H.R.9389, Nutrition Education and Chronic Disease…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 12, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$140,923
Spent on own lobbying
…. 2483), all provisions related to the continued bolstered funding for substance use disorder treatment and recovery. Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act (S.3402), all provisions relating to certified community behavioral health clinics. COMPLETE Care Act (S. 931/H.R. 2509), all provisions related to providing incentive…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM · lobbying firm or registrant: MCALLISTER & QUINN, LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 24, 2026 · issue area: Budget/Appropriations
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…it. H.R. 6938 - FY2026 Consolidated CJS, Energy & Water, Interior Appropriations Act - Provisions related to Sheppard Pratts Community Project Funding request. S. 3402 - Ensuring Excellence in MH Act. In support of. No Senate bill number - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Ap…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM · lobbying firm or registrant: MCALLISTER & QUINN, LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 24, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…it. H.R. 6938 - FY2026 Consolidated CJS, Energy & Water, Interior Appropriations Act - Provisions related to Sheppard Pratts Community Project Funding request. S. 3402 - Ensuring Excellence in MH Act. In support of. No Senate bill number - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Ap…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM · lobbying firm or registrant: MCALLISTER & QUINN, LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 24, 2026 · issue area: Veterans
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…it. H.R. 6938 - FY2026 Consolidated CJS, Energy & Water, Interior Appropriations Act - Provisions related to Sheppard Pratts Community Project Funding request. S. 3402 - Ensuring Excellence in MH Act. In support of. No Senate bill number - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Ap…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS · lobbying firm or registrant: MASON CONSULTING, LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 22, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$24,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…8 Lifeline Location Improvement Act of 2025 S. 3315, Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2025 S. 3386, Health Care Freedom for Patients Act of 2025 S. 3402, Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act S. 3799, Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2026 S. 3853, End the Vaccine Carveout Act S. 4088, Welcome Back to the…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$20,000
Spent on own lobbying
…d virtual peer support programs for family caregivers. S. 3271: In-Home CARE Act authorizes grants to support family caregivers through home visiting programs. S. 3402: Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act expands and standardizes community behavioral health clinic services S. 3431: Improving Measurements for Loneliness a…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ASSOCIATION FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE · lobbying firm or registrant: HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN, P.C.
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 8487/S.3402 - Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act; H.R. 1510/S. 1720 - The Due Process Continuity of Care Act; H.R. 2741/S. 1329 - The Providing Empathetic and Effect…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NETSMART TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: GUIDE CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 17, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Issues related to behavioral health information technology; Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act (S.3402)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR MENTAL WELLBEING FKA NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH · lobbying firm or registrant: GUIDE CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 17, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$70,000
Paid to lobbying firm
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 2783); Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act (S.3402); Community Mental Wellness Worker Training Act (H.R.5733); 9-8-8 CONNECT Act (H.R. 8122); Residential Recovery for Seniors Act (H.R.9232).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR MENTAL WELLBEING FKA NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH · lobbying firm or registrant: GUIDE CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 17, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$70,000
Paid to lobbying firm
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 2783); Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act (S.3402); Community Mental Wellness Worker Training Act (H.R.5733); 9-8-8 CONNECT Act (H.R. 8122); Residential Recovery for Seniors Act (H.R.9232).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CENTERSTONE · lobbying firm or registrant: CENTERSTONE
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 9, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$70,000
Spent on own lobbying
S.3402 - Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act S.2011 - Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 8, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$150,555
Spent on own lobbying
…. 2483), all provisions related to the continued bolstered funding for substance use disorder treatment and recovery. Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act (S.3402), all provisions relating to certified community behavioral health clinics. COMPLETE Care Act (S. 931/H.R. 2509), all provisions related to providing incentive…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM · lobbying firm or registrant: MCALLISTER & QUINN, LLC
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 21, 2026 · issue area: Budget/Appropriations
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…it. H.R. 6938 - FY2026 Consolidated CJS, Energy & Water, Interior Appropriations Act - Provisions related to Sheppard Pratts Community Project Funding request. S. 3402 - Ensuring Excellence in MH Act. In support of. H.R. 4619 - Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2025. In support of. No bill number - Departments of…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM · lobbying firm or registrant: MCALLISTER & QUINN, LLC
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 21, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…it. H.R. 6938 - FY2026 Consolidated CJS, Energy & Water, Interior Appropriations Act - Provisions related to Sheppard Pratts Community Project Funding request. S. 3402 - Ensuring Excellence in MH Act. In support of. H.R. 4619 - Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2025. In support of. No bill number - Departments of…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM · lobbying firm or registrant: MCALLISTER & QUINN, LLC
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 21, 2026 · issue area: Veterans
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…it. H.R. 6938 - FY2026 Consolidated CJS, Energy & Water, Interior Appropriations Act - Provisions related to Sheppard Pratts Community Project Funding request. S. 3402 - Ensuring Excellence in MH Act. In support of. H.R. 4619 - Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2025. In support of. No bill number - Departments of…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR MENTAL WELLBEING FKA NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH · lobbying firm or registrant: GUIDE CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · amended · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$70,000
Paid to lobbying firm
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 2783); Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act (S.3402); Community Mental Wellness Worker Training Act (H.R.5733); 9-8-8 CONNECT Act (H.R. 8122).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR MENTAL WELLBEING FKA NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH · lobbying firm or registrant: GUIDE CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · amended · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$70,000
Paid to lobbying firm
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 2783); Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act (S.3402); Community Mental Wellness Worker Training Act (H.R.5733); 9-8-8 CONNECT Act (H.R. 8122).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing