# Massachusetts H 4668: An Act to establish a perinatal behavioral health care workforce trust fund

Massachusetts H 4668, An Act to establish a perinatal behavioral health care workforce trust fund, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery; status in committee, last action 2026-07-27 (Committee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4668
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act to establish a perinatal behavioral health care workforce trust fund
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-11-05
- Last action: 2026-07-27, Committee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery
- Cosponsors: 34
- Subjects: Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery, Health Care Financing, House Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (25 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery
- Cosponsor: Adrian C. Madaro (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Amy Mah Sangiolo (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Brandy Fluker-Reid (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Bruce E. Tarr (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Carmine Lawrence Gentile (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Carole A. Fiola (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David K. Muradian Jr. (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David Paul Linsky (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Erika Uyterhoeven (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Greg Schwartz (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Hannah Kane (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: James C. Arena-DeRosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Joseph D. McKenna (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kimberly N. Ferguson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Manny Cruz (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Margaret R. Scarsdale (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Marjorie C. Decker (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Connolly (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Natalie M. Higgins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Patricia A. Duffy (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Patrick Joseph Kearney (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Rodney M. Elliott (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Samantha Montaño (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sean Garballey (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Steven George Xiarhos (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steven Owens (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tackey Chan (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Thomas M. Stanley (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tricia Farley-Bouvier (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Vanna Howard (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: William F. MacGregor (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-07-16 | committee | Committee Favorable: Favorable Report | pass | 13 | 0 |   |
| 2025-10-22 | committee | Committee Redraft: Should the bill as redrafted receive a favorable report as recommended by the Chair? | pass | 12 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (7)

- 2026-07-27: Committee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House)
- 2026-06-17: Reporting date extended to Friday, July 31, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-19: Reporting date extended to Monday, June 15, 2026 (House)
- 2025-12-08: Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026 (House)
- 2025-11-05: Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing (House)
- 2025-11-05: New draft of H2208 (House)
- 2025-11-05: Reported from the committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4668.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house)
- H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)
- H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4668.pdf)

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