# 119-hr-5944: Restoring Inpatient Mental Health Access Act of 2025

119-hr-5944, Restoring Inpatient Mental Health Access Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] (R-MN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5944
- Congress: 119
- Title: Restoring Inpatient Mental Health Access Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] (R-MN)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Restores Medicaid payment for inpatient mental health care in institutions for mental diseases (IMDs) through federal financial participation (FFP)**. This bill would remove several Title XIX exclusions so Medicaid could cover inpatient services in IMDs for care furnished on or after January 1, 2027. - People and families: People with serious mental illness and their families would gain broader access to inpatient treatment paid through Medicaid for services provided on or after January 1, 2027. - States: State Medicaid programs could claim federal financial participation (FFP) for inpatient services in IMDs that were previously excluded, changing how states can finance inpatient behavioral health services. - Waivers and transition: The bill makes a time‑limited conforming change to Section 1915(l)(1) to align waiver language with the January 1, 2027 start date.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7] (R-MN), 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN), 2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2026-01-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More inpatient mental health help for Medicaid: benefit, high. If enacted, Medicaid recipients would be able to get federal matching funds for inpatient mental health care in institutions for mental diseases (IMDs). This would apply to care furnished on or after January 1, 2027. States could claim Federal Financial Participation (FFP) for inpatient services th…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-5944 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5944)

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- [119-hr-2854: Neighborhood Homes Investment Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2854)
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- [119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9250)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5944 (as of 2026-04-21).