S 1945 114th Congress Senate Health Advisory bodies Child health Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Department of Health and Human Services Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies

Mental Health Reform Act of 2015

Introduced: August 5, 2015 Introduced by: Cassidy, Bill Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Aug 5, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Aug 5, 2015

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Mental Health Reform Act of 2015

This bill creates the position of Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders to oversee the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Mental health programs are extended and training regarding mental health is expanded.

SAMHSA must establish the National Mental Health Policy Laboratory and the Interagency Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee.

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institute of Mental Health to translate evidence-based interventions and the best available science into systems of care.

The Health Resources and Services Administration must support the creation and expansion of child psychiatry access programs.

Certain mental health care professional volunteers are provided liability protection.

Pediatric mental health subspecialists are eligible for National Health Service Corps programs.

An underserved population of children or a site for training in child psychiatry can be designated as a health professional shortage area.

SAMHSA must award primary care and behavioral health care integration grants to state entities to fund improvements in settings with integrated care.

The Department of Health and Human Services must develop a model program and materials for training health care providers regarding the disclosure of the protected health information of patients with a mental illness.

This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to conditionally expand coverage of mental health services.

What's happening now August 5, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Committees of jurisdiction 1