Mental and Physical Health Care Comorbidities Act of 2025

# Mental and Physical Health Care Comorbidities Act of 2025 - Plain Language Summary **What the Bill Does** This bill would create a test program to help hospitals better treat patients who have both serious mental health conditions and serious physical health problems (like diabetes or heart disease) at the same time. The program would focus on low-income and uninsured patients, who often struggle to get coordinated care across different doctors and specialists. Hospitals in the program would develop new approaches to treat the whole patient and address underlying social factors that affect health, such as housing or food insecurity. **Who It Affects and Key Details** The program would involve hospitals that serve large numbers of Medicare and Medicaid patients.

These hospitals would need to create specific plans and measure how well their new approaches work. The goal is to test whether better coordination between mental and physical health services improves patient outcomes and could lead to changes in how Medicare and Medicaid pay for care. This could ultimately benefit millions of low-income Americans struggling with multiple health conditions. **Current Status** The bill is currently in committee and has not yet been voted on by the full House of Representatives.