# 119-s-1673: Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025

119-s-1673, Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1673
- Congress: 119
- Title: Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-08
- Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Federal loans and loan guarantees to expand and modernize pediatric and adult mental health and substance use treatment facilities.** This bill would authorize the Health and Human Services Secretary to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, construction, renovation, telehealth upgrades, adding or converting psychiatric and substance use disorder beds, and limited refinancings, and it would create a Treasury trust fund to support community mental health block grants. - Families and children: At least 25% of program funds each fiscal year must go to facilities that primarily serve pediatric and adolescent populations, increasing focus on child and teen services. - Rural and underresourced communities: Projects that add psychiatric or substance use disorder beds in counties with insufficient capacity or that serve high-need rural or underresourced areas receive funding priority. - Hospitals, providers, and borrowers: The program would require borrowers to finance at least 25% of project costs from nonfederal sources and would limit program funding to $200.0 million per fiscal year for 2026 through 2030.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Trust fund for community mental health: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create a Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment Trust Fund in the Treasury. Revenues from the loan program that exceed program costs could be deposited into the Trust Fund. Money in the Trust Fund would be available, subject to later Acts of Congress, to pay for commun…
- Loans to build mental health facilities: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would let HHS make loans and loan guarantees to public and private hospitals and mental health or substance use treatment providers. Money could pay to build, renovate, add or convert inpatient psychiatric and SUD beds, and upgrade telehealth and digital systems. Congress must…

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- 119-s-688: Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025
- 119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026
- 119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
- 119-s-2838: Protecting Our Democracy Act

## Sources
- [119-s-1673 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1673)

## Related
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- [119-s-5238: For Our Republic Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5238)
- [119-s-688: Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-688)
- [119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5071)
- [119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022)
- [119-s-2838: Protecting Our Democracy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2838)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1673 (as of 2025-12-21).