Medicare Mental Health Access Act
Latest action · Feb 5, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 16, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare Mental Health Access Act
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to expand the definition of "physician," for purposes of the Medicare program, to include a clinical psychologist with respect to the furnishing of qualified psychologist services.
The bill excludes a clinical psychologist, in 2017 and 2018, from certain negative payment adjustments for failing to be a meaningful electronic health records user.
Cosponsors 40
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 16, 2015 to Sep 27, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Dec 16, 2015 |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Jan 8, 2016 | |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Feb 8, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Feb 8, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Feb 8, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Feb 24, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Feb 24, 2016 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Feb 26, 2016 | |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| R-MT | Ryan K. Zinke | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Mar 15, 2016 | |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Mar 22, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Mar 22, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Apr 25, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Apr 25, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-PR | Pedro R. Pierluisi | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 16, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | May 16, 2016 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jun 22, 2016 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Jun 22, 2016 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 22, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Sep 15, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Sep 27, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Sep 27, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Sep 27, 2016 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Dec 16, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 18, 2015 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Dec 16, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 5, 2016 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 18, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 16, 2015Introduced in House
- Dec 16, 2015Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 183, December 16, 2015, page H9375.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE AND SUSTAIN THE MEDICARE PROGRAM66 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Jun 8, 2016 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2597 | Medicare Mental Health Access Act | Identical bill | Feb 25, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Medicare Mental Health Access Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
