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Mental health

Votes on psychological treatment and mental health services

Timeline

Second and third reading2The votes where a law passes or fails
Preliminary and first reading14Bills at the start of the process
Foster Care for Children Law (Amendment – Giving Consent to Psychiatric Treatment) Bill, 2026

The bill allows foster parents to give consent to psychiatric treatment and treatment with psychiatric medication, but not to psychiatric hospitalization.

July 8, 2026Preliminary reading
Passed8 / 0
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Meirav Ben-Ari
Foster Care for Children Law (Amendment – Giving Consent to Psychiatric Treatment) Bill, 2026

The bill allows a foster parent to consent to psychiatric treatment and psychiatric medication for a child in outpatient treatment, but not to psychiatric hospitalization.

July 8, 2026Preliminary reading
Passed7 / 0
Joint initiativeInitiator: Michal Waldiger, Karine Elharrar
Reserve Service Law (Amendment – Psychological and Couples Therapy for Family Members of Reservists) (Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) Bill, 2024

A proposal to add a right to funding of mental health and couples therapy for family members and partners of reservists in the Iron Swords War, for a period of one year after the end of service.

June 24, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass32 / 46
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Michael Biton
Courts Law (Amendment – Psychiatrist's Opinion Regarding Publication Bans) Bill, 2026

A bill to amend the Courts Law: banning publication of the name of a suspect in a sexual offense will require a psychiatric opinion attesting to mental harm.

June 10, 2026Preliminary reading
Passed17 / 0
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Adi Azuz
Victims of Hostile Action (Pensions) Law (Amendment – Entitlement to Psychological Treatment) Bill, 2024

A proposal to extend entitlement to psychological treatment for victims of hostile acts even without recognition of disability.

January 21, 2026Preliminary reading
Passed19 / 0
Joint initiativeInitiator: Merav Michaeli, Moshe Gafni
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 73) (Reimbursement of Ambulance Fees for a Mental Health Patient) Bill, 2025
January 6, 2026First reading
Passed11 / 0
Joint initiativeInitiator: Michal Waldiger, Iman Khatib-Yassin and 2 more
Compulsory Education Law (Amendment – Social Worker or Educational Psychologist in an Educational Institution in a Locality Near the Border) Bill, 2023

A proposal to require educational institutions in communities near Israel's border to have a social worker or educational psychologist for at least 10 hours a week.

November 6, 2024Preliminary reading
Did not pass45 / 60
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Debbie Biton
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Reimbursement of Ambulance Fees for a Mental Health Patient) Bill, 2023

The bill requires full reimbursement of ambulance travel costs for mental health patients, even if they were not admitted to the hospital.

July 10, 2024Preliminary reading
Passed25 / 0
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Iman Khatib-Yassin
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Reimbursement of Ambulance Fees for a Mental Health Patient) Bill, 2022
July 10, 2024Preliminary reading
Passed25 / 0
Joint initiativeInitiator: Michal Waldiger, Iman Khatib-Yassin and 2 more
National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Reimbursement of Ambulance Fees for a Mental Health Patient) Bill, 2023

The proposal requires full reimbursement of ambulance transport fees for mental health patients, even if they were not admitted to a hospital.

July 10, 2024Preliminary reading
Passed25 / 0
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Waleed Alhwashla
Mental Health Day Bill, 2024
July 2, 2024First reading
Passed14 / 0
Joint initiativeInitiator: Michal Waldiger, Waleed Alhwashla and 1 more
Mental Health Day Bill, 2023

A bill to establish an annual Mental Health Day on October 10, to raise public awareness and reduce stigma toward mental illness.

February 7, 2024Preliminary reading
Passed26 / 0
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Waleed Alhwashla
Mental Health Day Bill, 2022
February 7, 2024Preliminary reading
Passed28 / 0
Joint initiativeInitiator: Michal Waldiger, Waleed Alhwashla and 1 more
Mental Health Day Bill, 2023

A bill to establish an annual Mental Health Day on October 10, to raise public awareness and reduce stigma toward mental illness.

February 7, 2024Preliminary reading
Passed28 / 0
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Waleed Alhwashla
Other plenum votes9Approvals, motions for the agenda and procedural decisions
Regular motion for the agenda on the subject: "Regulating the professional status of rehabilitation instructors – in light of the mental health crisis"
February 11, 2026Motion for the agenda
Passed5 / 0
House Committee proposal for transfer from committee to committee – urgent motion for the agenda on: The lack of educational psychologists in schools in the Negev – vote
December 29, 2025Transfer of the bill between committees
Passed4 / 0
Urgent motion for the agenda on the subject: The absence of educational psychologists in schools in the Negev
December 3, 2025Motion for the agenda
Passed8 / 0
Regular motion for the agenda on the subject: "Lack of positions for psychologists in the public service after the new wage agreement"
July 9, 2025Motion for the agenda
Passed6 / 0
"The salaries of psychologists in the public sector"
March 6, 2024Motion for the agenda
Passed5 / 0
"Severe shortage of psychiatrists in the public service"
February 28, 2024Motion for the agenda
Passed7 / 0
Transfer of the Mental Health Day Bill, 2022, of MK Waleed Alhwashla, from the Health Committee to the Education, Culture and Sports Committee

A bill to establish an annual Mental Health Day on October 10, to raise public awareness and reduce stigma toward mental illness.

February 26, 2024Transfer of the bill between committees
Passed7 / 0
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Waleed Alhwashla
Transfer of the Mental Health Day Bill, 2022, of MK Michal Miriam Waldiger and a group of MKs, from the Health Committee to the Education, Culture and Sports Committee
February 26, 2024Transfer of the bill between committees
Passed7 / 0
Joint initiativeInitiator: Michal Waldiger, Waleed Alhwashla and 1 more
Urgent motion for the agenda on the subject: "The wage agreement of public psychologists"
December 6, 2023Motion for the agenda
Passed12 / 0

Knesset map by topic

A weighted position for each MK across all the votes on this topic (a third reading counts for more). 🟡 Mixed = voted both for and against in different votes. The map shows 137 MKs: 120 serving today, plus 17 who served at some point in the current term and actually voted on this topic - which is why the number is above 120.

Coalition(67 seats)

Likud· 33
Shas· 14

Left the coalition(9 seats)

Noam· 1

Opposition(44 seats)

Ra'am· 5
Labor· 4