# 119-s-683: More Behavioral Health Providers Act of 2025

119-s-683, More Behavioral Health Providers Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-683
- Congress: 119
- Title: More Behavioral Health Providers Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-24
- Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Expands Medicare bonus payments to more behavioral health providers in mental health shortage areas.** It would create two incentive tracks that pay extra for services treating mental health and substance use disorders and aim to encourage clinicians to serve high-need locations. - Providers: Physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, clinical social workers, clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors would become eligible for the bonuses. - Payments: Services furnished in federally designated shortage areas would trigger monthly or quarterly bonus payments from the Medicare Part B trust fund equal to 10% for physician services and 15% for specified mental health or substance use treatment services by applicable practitioners. - Access: By widening which clinicians can get extra pay for working in mental health professional shortage areas, the bill aims to boost the supply of behavioral health services where they are most scarce.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] (R-MT), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Extra Medicare pay for shortage-area physicians: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would add a 10% payment boost to Medicare Part B fees for physician services furnished in designated health professional shortage areas. The area must be identified by the Secretary before the year starts. The boost would not apply to mental-health or substance-use services th…
- Higher Medicare pay for mental-health providers: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would add a 15% payment boost to Medicare Part B fees for qualifying mental-health and substance-use treatment services. The boost would apply to services furnished on or after January 1, 2024 in areas the Secretary has identified as mental health shortage areas before the yea…

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- 119-s-2975: PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-135: Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-683 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/683)

## Related
- [119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022)
- [119-s-2975: PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2975)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-135: Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-135)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-554)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-683 (as of 2026-04-21).