HELP Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8520 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8520 To facilitate nationwide accessibility and coordination of 211 services in order to provide information and referral to all individuals in the United States for health and human services needs, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 27, 2026 Mr. McGarvey (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Correa, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Frost, and Mr. Morelle) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To facilitate nationwide accessibility and coordination of 211 services in order to provide information and referral to all individuals in the United States for health and human services needs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Human-Services Emergency Logistics Program Act of 2026'' or the ``HELP Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING NATIONWIDE ACCESSIBILITY AND COORDINATION OF 211 SERVICES FOR INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall establish a program for the following purposes: (1) To increase the capacity of 211 services in the States, to ensure 211 services are directly accessible to all individuals in each State. (2) To increase coordination between 211, 988, and 911 service providers. (3) To increase awareness and use of 211 services by the public. (b) Administration.--In carrying out the program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall select one administering agency to assist the Secretary