S 2597
114th Congress
Senate
Health
Health personnel
Medicare
Mental health
Medicare Mental Health Access Act
Introduced: February 25, 2016
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 25, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 25, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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