# 119-hr-5859: Behavioral Health Crisis Care Centers Act of 2025

119-hr-5859, Behavioral Health Crisis Care Centers Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-02).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5859
- Congress: 119
- Title: Behavioral Health Crisis Care Centers Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-10-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-02

## Summary

**One-stop behavioral health crisis care centers**. This bill would create a federal grant program to build, expand, and operate single-location crisis facilities that combine on-site mental health and substance use disorder treatment with housing help, legal aid, and other wrap-around services. It would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants in coordination with HUD, the Justice Department, the Department of the Interior, and other relevant agencies. - Families and people in crisis: Centers would offer on-site behavioral health and substance use disorder services, including medication for opioid use disorder, counseling, case management, and housing assistance for adults and transitional housing supports for youth. - Local governments, tribes, and territories: Eligible entities can use grants to acquire or build facilities, buy equipment, hire and train staff, and award subgrants to community providers to run services and outreach. - Crisis responders and communities: The program requires coordination with law enforcement, first responders, jail diversion programs, housing authorities, community organizations, and organizations serving veterans, immigrants, youths, seniors, and people with disabilities to connect people to services quickly. *Authorizes $11.5 billion per year from 2026–2030, allocated across metropolitan cities ($3 billion), nonentitlement units ($1 billion), counties ($3 billion), States ($2 billion), Indian Tribes ($2 billion), and territories ($500 million).*

## Cosponsors (1)

- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Grants for local crisis care centers: benefit, high. This bill would create an HHS grant program to build and run one-stop crisis care centers. It would authorize $11.5 billion each year from 2026 through 2030. Each year, money would be reserved: $3 billion for large cities, $1 billion for small local governments, $3 billion for counties, $2 billion…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-5859 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5859)

## Related
- [119-hr-8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8800)
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defe…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3838)
- [119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8870)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5859 (as of 2026-10-02).