HEART Act of 2026

Key Points

• The bill creates a new office within HHS called the Office of Immigrant Community Mental Health and Resilience, dedicated to helping people dealing with fear and trauma caused by federal immigration enforcement actions.
• The new office would fund mobile mental health response teams, emergency counseling vouchers, and grants to local governments, schools, health centers, and community organizations to provide trauma-informed care and crisis counseling.
• The bill includes workforce development provisions to hire culturally competent behavioral health specialists and train healthcare providers to serve affected communities, along with multilingual public awareness campaigns about healthcare rights.
• To protect people who seek help, the bill strictly bars the new office from sharing any data or information with the Department of Homeland Security or any other immigration enforcement agency.
• Funding would come from redirecting money already authorized under Public Law 119-21 (the reconciliation law), though specific dollar amounts are not specified beyond 'such sums as may be necessary.'