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HR 4277 114th Congress House Health Health personnel Medicare Mental health

Medicare Mental Health Access Act

Introduced: December 16, 2015 See on congress.gov
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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 5, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 18, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 16, 2015
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.
Dec 16, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Mental Health Access Act

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to expand the definition of "physician," for purposes of the Medicare program, to include a clinical psychologist with respect to the furnishing of qualified psychologist services.

The bill excludes a clinical psychologist, in 2017 and 2018, from certain negative payment adjustments for failing to be a meaningful electronic health records user.

What's happening now February 5, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2597 Identical bill Medicare Mental Health Access Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 14 Republican 3
D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Sep 27, 2016
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DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Sep 27, 2016
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Sep 27, 2016
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Sep 15, 2016
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Sep 6, 2016
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jun 22, 2016
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jun 22, 2016
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 29, 2016
 R
Smith, Jason
Missouri · Apr 29, 2016
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Apr 26, 2016
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Apr 26, 2016
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Apr 25, 2016
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Mar 15, 2016
 R
Zinke, Ryan K.
Montana · Mar 2, 2016
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Feb 24, 2016
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Feb 8, 2016
Nunes, Devin
· Feb 8, 2016
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Dec 16, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4277: Medicare Mental Health Access Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4277/
MLA
"H.R. 4277: Medicare Mental Health Access Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4277/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 4277, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4277/.
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[H.R. 4277: Medicare Mental Health Access Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4277/)
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