S 9858 — Amends the definition of mental health care provider for purposes of sex offenses
Congress · introduced 2026-04-09
Amends the definition of mental health care provider for purposes of sex offenses to include persons who are, or are required to be, licensed or registered or holds themselves out to be licensed or registered, or provides services as if they were licensed or registered as a physician, psychologist, professional nurse, clinical social worker, master social worker under the supervision of a physician, psychologist or licensed clinical social worker, licensed mental health counselor or a licensed marriage and family therapist.
Latest action: 2026-05-06 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Michelle Hinchey (—, NY-41) — sponsor · 2026-04-09
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO CODES
- · senate — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 9858A
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Inbound (1)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | Michelle Hinchey | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michelle Hinchey (—, state_upper NY-41) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-04-09 · sponsored by Michelle Hinchey (sponsor) · sponsorship