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S 483 112th Congress Senate

Medicare Mental Health Access Act

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare program.

Introduced: April 8, 2011 See on congress.gov
Health Health personnelMedicareMental health
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Became law
Mar 3, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 3, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action March 3, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Mental Health Access Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to treat as a physician, for Medicare purposes, a clinical psychologist acting within the scope of a psychologist's license (or other state law authorization), but only with respect to the furnishing of clinical psychologists services which the psychologist is legally authorized to perform by the state.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 831 Related bill To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for pu…
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Apr 8, 2011
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Apr 8, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 483: Medicare Mental Health Access Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-483/
MLA
"S. 483: Medicare Mental Health Access Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-483/.
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S. 483, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-483/.
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