Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2017
Latest action · Jan 25, 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.
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2017
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover nutritional planning, meals, and transportation as partial-hospitalization services under Medicare.
The Department of Health and Human Services shall convene a Behavioral Health Advisory Committee.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 6, 2017 to Oct 11, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jan 6, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Jan 11, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jan 31, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Oct 11, 2017 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 3, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 12, 2017 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 3, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 25, 2017 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 12, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 3, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 3, 2017Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. 163, no. 1, January 3, 2017, page H51.
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 stabilize and modernize the provision of partial hospitalization services under the Medicare Program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 3, 2017Introduced 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.
