Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021
Latest action · Mar 19, 2021 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 18, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021
This bill increases the Medicare reimbursement rate for clinical social worker services. The bill excludes clinical social worker services from the prospective payment system in which predetermined amounts form the basis for payment under Medicare.
Additionally, the bill alters the definition of clinical social worker services as it relates to Medicare. Under current law, such 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 54
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2021 to Apr 26, 2022; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Mar 23, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Mar 23, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Mar 23, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | May 17, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | May 17, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | May 17, 2021 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Jun 15, 2021 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Jun 16, 2021 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Aug 6, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Oct 12, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Oct 28, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Oct 28, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Nov 3, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Kathy E. Manning | Jan 14, 2022 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Feb 22, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Feb 22, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Apr 26, 2022 |
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 Mar 18, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 19, 2021 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 18, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 18, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 18, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 18, 2021Referred 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.
- Mar 18, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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. 167, no. 51, March 18, 2021, page H1583.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 870 | Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Mar 18, 2021 |
| S 4486 | Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022 | Related bill | Jun 23, 2022 |
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 improve access to mental health services under the Medicare program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2021Introduced in House
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