Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2023
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 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 17, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2023
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 45
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 17, 2023 to Sep 20, 2024; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Mar 17, 2023 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Mar 17, 2023 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 17, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Mar 17, 2023 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Mar 17, 2023 |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Original | Mar 17, 2023 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Mar 17, 2023 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Mar 17, 2023 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Mar 17, 2023 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Mar 17, 2023 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Mar 17, 2023 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Mar 17, 2023 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Mar 17, 2023 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Mar 17, 2023 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 17, 2023 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Mar 17, 2023 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Mar 17, 2023 |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Original | Mar 17, 2023 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Apr 17, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Apr 17, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Apr 17, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Apr 17, 2023 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | May 10, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Jul 26, 2023 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Sep 12, 2023 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Jan 10, 2024 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Feb 26, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Apr 26, 2024 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 22, 2024 | |
| D-AK | Mary Sattler Peltola | May 22, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Jun 5, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Jun 5, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jun 25, 2024 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Jun 25, 2024 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jun 26, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Jul 22, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jul 22, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Jul 22, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Jul 24, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Aug 30, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Aug 30, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Sep 20, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Sep 20, 2024 |
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 17, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 24, 2023 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 17, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 24, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 17, 2023Introduced in House
- Mar 17, 2023Referred 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. 169, no. 50, March 17, 2023, page H1295.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 838 | Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2023 | Identical bill | Mar 16, 2023 |
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 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2023Introduced in House
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