Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2019
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 6, 2019)
Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2019
This bill includes nutritional planning, meals, and transportation, as well as vocational and employment counseling services, as covered partial-hospitalization services under Medicare.
The Department of Health and Human Services shall convene a Behavioral Health Advisory Committee to address specified issues, including discrimination against the chronically mentally ill, elderly, and veterans in relation to treatment for mental illness.
What just happenedMar 7, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 6, 2019
- Mar 7, 2019Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Mar 6, 2019IntroReferralH11100
Referred 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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 6, 2019IntroReferralH11100
Referred 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.
Ways and Means Committee - Mar 6, 2019IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E252)
- Mar 6, 2019IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 6, 2019IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House