Bill · S. 500· Senate(119-S-500)
CAREER Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 2/10/2025
- Last activity
- 2/10/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Sponsored by
- Mitch McConnell
- Cosponsors
- - 2 - 1
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, known as the "CAREER Act of 2025," seeks to reauthorize certain programs under the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act. It amends the CAREER Act to include treatment, recovery, and workforce support grants. The legislation updates various data rates used for these grants to reflect calendar years 2018 through 2022. Additionally, it establishes provisions for using grant funds for transportation services. The bill also reauthorizes the Recovery Housing Pilot Program through the year 2030.
Yes· 3 of 6
Does this do more about addiction and overdose deaths?+6
The bill increases funding for treatment and recovery grants and extends the Recovery Housing Pilot Program.
Does this make health care easier to get in general?+5
The bill expands and reauthorizes grants for treatment, recovery, and supportive services through 2030.
Would households on low incomes be better off under this?+4
The bill provides resources for substance use disorder treatment, recovery housing, and job-related transportation.
The opposite
Does this reduce what the federal government spends?-1
The bill increases annual grant funding from $5,000,000 to $12,000,000.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Transportation Assistance: Entities receiving grants can use up to 5 percent of their funds to provide transportation for individuals to get to work, vocational education, job training, or services linked to the treatment of or recovery from a substance use disorder (Section 2(a)(4)(D)(2)).
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Expanded Grant Funding: The bill increases the funding amount for the CAREER Act to $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 (Section 2(a)(7)).
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Extended Recovery Housing Support: The Recovery Housing Pilot Program is extended to continue through 2030 (Section 3(a)(2)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Funding Limitations on Transportation: There is a specific limitation where an entity may use not more than 5 percent of its grant funds for providing transportation services (Section 2(a)(4)(D)(2)).
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Restriction on Fund Usage: The Secretary is prohibited from requiring or giving priority to entities that plan to use grant funds for activities not specified within the subsection (Section 2(a)(4)(D)(3)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Healthcare
- Improves Opioid Crisis Response+6Improves Healthcare Access+5
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Low Income Households+4Good For Urban Residents+2
- Social Issues And Justice
- Improves Poverty Reduction+3
- Economy And Finance
- Increases Job Creation+3Reduces Government Spending-1
- 5/1/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 2/10/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
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