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Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Act of 2007

Introduced: April 26, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 30, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 26, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 26, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to reimbursement for specified emergency care and services of private institutions for mental diseases subject (under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Medicaid (EMTALA) Program) to certain requirements for examination and treatment for emergency medical conditions.

Requires the Medicaid program to reimburse such institutions for care and services required to stabilize an emergency medical condition of an individual between ages 21 and 65, if the treatment is within the range of services that such institution typically provides.

What's happening now April 30, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2406 Identical bill Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Act of 2007
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
D
Carson, André
Indiana · May 8, 2008
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Apr 24, 2008
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Aug 3, 2007
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 15, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2050: Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2050/
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"H.R. 2050: Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2050/.
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H.R. 2050, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2050/.
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