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S 3289 112th Congress Senate

Children's Mental Health Accessibility Act of 2012

Official title: A bill to expand the Medicaid home and community-based services waiver to include young individuals who are in need of services that would otherwise be require… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to expand the Medicaid home and community-based services waiver to include young individuals who are in need of services that would otherwise be required to be provided through a psychiatric residential treatment facility, and to change references in Federal law to mental retardation to references to an intellectual disability.

Introduced: June 13, 2012 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 112th Congress ended
It never became law before the 112th Congress (2011–2012) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Jun 13, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 13, 2012
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4153)
Jun 13, 2012
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 13, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Children's Mental Health Accessibility Act of 2012 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to: (1) expand the Medicaid home and community-based services waiver to include youth in need of services provided in a psychiatric residential treatment facility; (2) limit, under the waiver, the total number of Medicaid inpatient bed days at psychiatric residential treatment facilities during each fiscal year to the total number for the previous fiscal year as increased by the estimated percentage increase (if any) in the population of individuals under 21 residing in the state over the preceding 12-month period; and (3) change references to mental retardation to references to an intellectual disability.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Sep 20, 2012
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jun 13, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3289: Children's Mental Health Accessibility Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3289/
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"S. 3289: Children's Mental Health Accessibility Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3289/.
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S. 3289, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3289/.
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