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S 3289 112th Congress Senate Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Child health Disability and paralysis Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Medicaid Mental health

Children's Mental Health Accessibility Act of 2012

Introduced: June 13, 2012 See on congress.gov
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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
 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.

What's happening now June 13, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2