# 119-hr-9365: HEART Act of 2026 119-hr-9365, HEART Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Rivas, Luz M. [D-CA-29] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-08). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9365 - As of: 2026-07-08 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-9365 - Congress: 119 - Title: HEART Act of 2026 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2026-06-18 - Sponsor: Rep. Rivas, Luz M. [D-CA-29] (D-CA) - Cosponsors: 2 - Policy area: Health - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-07-08 ## Summary **Office of Immigrant Community Mental Health and Resilience** created inside HHS to coordinate and fund trauma‑informed mental health care for people facing fear‑based trauma tied to immigration enforcement. The office focuses on grants, mobile response teams, emergency counseling vouchers, data reporting, and guidance on Medicaid flexibilities. - Impacted families: Grants fund trauma‑informed care such as crisis counseling, short‑term therapy, emergency counseling vouchers, and mobile mental health teams. The Office will run multilingual "know your rights" campaigns and provide trauma‑informed family stabilization services. - States, local governments, and community groups: A reporting process lets them flag immigration enforcement actions so the Office can direct resources where needed. The Office will publish an annual report to Congress on public health impacts, advise States on Medicaid flexibilities, and will not share collected data with the Department of Homeland Security or other enforcement agencies. - Health workforce, providers, and schools: The Director can help hire culturally competent behavioral health specialists and train providers to treat fear‑based trauma. The Office will support integrating multilingual, trauma‑informed mental health and substance use services with local educational agencies and schools where feasible. ## Cosponsors (2) - Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Grants for community mental health: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require HHS to make grants to eligible entities serving communities affected by federal immigration enforcement. Eligible recipients would include States and local governments, health centers, rural clinics, Tribal health organizations, local schools, faith-based groups t… - New immigrant mental health office: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create an Office of Immigrant Community Mental Health and Resilience inside HHS. The Office would be led by a Director appointed by the Secretary. It would set up mobile mental health response teams, emergency counseling vouchers, workforce training, and public awareness… - Transfer money to HHS programs: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would allow sums from sections 90003, 100051, and 100052 of Public Law 119-21 to be transferred to the HHS Secretary to carry out this Act. Any sums transferred would remain available until expended. The authority would let HHS use existing appropriations to stand up the Office… - Definitions for program terms: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would define key terms used by the Office and grant program. "Behavioral health specialist" would include psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, and peer support specialists, among others. "Impacted community" would mean a local area that shows a federal immi… - No data sharing with immigration agencies: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would prohibit the Office from sharing any data, actions, or information it collects with the Department of Homeland Security or any other federal agency that takes immigration enforcement actions. The restriction would apply to Office-collected information and aim to protect p… ## Related bills - 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 - 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026 - 119-hres-1058: Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the rights of transgender… - 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act ## Sources - [119-hr-9365 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9365) ## Related - [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877) - [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977) - [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973) - [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853) - [119-hres-1058: Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implem…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-1058) - [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9365 (as of 2026-07-08).