HR 794
113th Congress
House
Health
Health personnel
Medicare
Mental health
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare Program.
Introduced: February 15, 2013
Introduced by:
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 19, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 15, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 15, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Feb 15, 2013
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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