# 119-s-2410: Medicaid Bump Act

119-s-2410, Medicaid Bump Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2410
- Congress: 119
- Title: Medicaid Bump Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-23
- Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**This bill would create a 90% federal match for increases in Medicaid spending on behavioral health services above a 2019 baseline.** It would push states to expand capacity, raise payment rates, and stabilize the behavioral health workforce while keeping extra funds tied to specific delivery improvements. - Families and providers: Would encourage states to expand access to mental health and substance use treatment and to raise provider payment rates. That could increase capacity and help reduce staff turnover. - States: Would cover 90% of incremental quarterly Medicaid expenditures for behavioral health services that exceed a fixed baseline set by the four quarters ending March 31, 2019. The enhanced match would apply to services under state plans and waivers for calendar quarters beginning the January 1 one year after enactment. - Accountability and oversight: States must use the funds to supplement, not supplant, existing state behavioral health spending and focus on delivery-improvement activities. The Secretary of Health and Human Services must issue guidance within 180 days and report annually to Congress on payment rates, the rationale for those rates, and utilization.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Higher Medicaid match for behavioral health: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would pay states an extra federal match for Medicaid behavioral health services. States would receive 90% of each quarter's spending that is above the matching quarter from the 4-quarter period ending March 31, 2019. Payments would apply to calendar quarters beginning on or aft…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026
- 119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
- 119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-s-2410 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2410)

## Related
- [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-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2819)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1507)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2410 (as of 2025-12-21).