HR 1988
114th Congress
House
Health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Hospital care
Medicaid
Mental health
Breaking Addiction Act of 2015
Introduced: April 23, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 24, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 23, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 23, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Breaking Addiction Act of 2015
This bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for waiver of the limitation on medical assistance to certain patients in an institution for mental diseases (IMD limitation) in order to permit medical assistance under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act for the treatment of a substance use condition for a qualified individual in a community-based institution for mental diseases.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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