Bill would speed onboarding of mental‑health clinicians by applying 30‑day credentialing standard

A bipartisan bill, House Bill 507, would require health carriers to process credentialing applications for mental‑health providers within 30 days of a clean application — the same time frame now required for primary care physicians — and would allow in‑network coverage back to the date of a provider’s clean application in limited circumstances.

Sponsor Rep. Alicia Gregg said workforce shortages are a major barrier to behavioral health access and that quicker credentialing for mental‑health clinicians would reduce delays in onboarding new clinicians. “This bill helps to address a challenge by quickening the pace at which mental‑health…