Second Chance Mental Health Access Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Foushee
Introduced
Summary
Medicaid telehealth mental health coverage for people on court-ordered home confinement. This bill would require states to cover up to 12 telehealth mental health visits per calendar year for Medicaid enrollees who were incarcerated immediately before being placed on home confinement by a court.
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- People under home confinement: Would be eligible for up to 12 telehealth mental health visits each calendar year while confined. Coverage applies only during the period of home confinement and only to individuals enrolled under a State Medicaid plan or an approved waiver who were incarcerated immediately before confinement.
- States: Adds a new coverage obligation to the Medicaid statute (section 1902(a)) that state plans or waivers must meet. The bill text does not create a separate funding program or explicitly authorize new federal spending for this requirement.
- Providers and care delivery: Limits the benefit to telehealth visits rather than in-person care, concentrating mental health services delivered remotely during the confinement period.
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Medicaid telehealth mental care during confinement
If enacted, your State Medicaid plan or waiver would have to cover up to 12 mental health visits by telehealth each calendar year while you are under court-ordered home confinement. This would only apply if you are enrolled in Medicaid, were incarcerated in a public institution immediately before that home confinement, and were released on or after the date of enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Foushee
NC • D
Cosponsors
Kelly (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 2/12/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 2/12/2026
Bell
MO • D
Sponsored 2/12/2026
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 2/12/2026
Ross
NC • D
Sponsored 2/12/2026
Carter (LA)
LA • D
Sponsored 2/12/2026
Moulton
MA • D
Sponsored 2/12/2026
Watson Coleman
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/12/2026
Jackson (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Tokuda
HI • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Goldman (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 2/23/2026
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