Improving Access to Mental Health Act
Latest action · Mar 17, 2017 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.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improving Access to Mental Health Act
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase the Medicare reimbursement rate for clinical social worker services, (2) exclude clinical social worker services from the prospective payment system in which predetermined amounts form the basis for payment under Medicare, and (3) alter the definition of “clinical social worker services” as it relates to Medicare.
Under current law, “clinical social worker services”: (1) include services performed for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, and (2) exclude services furnished to an inpatient of a skilled nursing facility as a condition of the facility's participation in the Medicare program. The bill repeals these provisions and instead specifies that such services include certain types of health behavior assessment and intervention.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2017 to Feb 8, 2018, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Mar 21, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Mar 21, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Mar 21, 2017 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Mar 21, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Mar 21, 2017 | |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Mar 21, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Mar 21, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | May 4, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Oct 16, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Feb 8, 2018 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 13, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 1, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 1, 2017Referred 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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2613 | Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2018 | Related bill | Mar 22, 2018 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2017Introduced in House
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