Bills affecting Mental health service user in Massachusetts — 2026 session

To provide more focused care to individuals suffering from mental health and substance related disabilities

To promote student learning and mental health

Study Order

Enabling physician assistants to authorize psychiatric holds and ensure adequate training on their use

Relative to preventing overdose deaths and increasing access to treatment

To provide more timely treatment of inpatient mental health care

Establishing peer-run respite centers throughout the Commonwealth

Improving access to community behavioral health centers

Providing continuity of care for mental health treatment

To further define medical necessity determinations

To transfer Bridgewater State Hospital from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Mental Health

Relative to PANDAS/PANS

Strengthening mental health centers

Creating parity for mental and behavioral health services

Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery to make an investigation and study of a certain current Senate document relative to behavioral health services for children and families.

Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery, to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to insurance and treatment matters.

To promote high value and evidence-based behavioral health care

To further enhance behavioral health workforce development

To require equitable payment from the Commonwealth

Providing equitable access to behavioral health services for MassHealth consumers