Improving Access to Mental Health Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Oct 8, 2015)
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.
What just happenedOct 9, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseOct 8, 2015
- Oct 9, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Oct 8, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Oct 8, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred 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.
Ways and Means Committee - Oct 8, 2015IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred 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.
- Oct 8, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred 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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Oct 8, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Oct 8, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House