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HR 1173 115th Congress House

Medicare Mental Health Access Act

Official title: 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: March 20, 2018 See on congress.gov
Health Health personnelMedicareMental health
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 2, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 16, 2017
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 16, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 2, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 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.

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  • S 448 Identical bill Medicare Mental Health Access Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 20
All 20 Democratic 10 Republican 2
VISCLOSKY, PETER
· Apr 18, 2018
Walz, Timothy
· Apr 18, 2018
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 20, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 20, 2018
 R
Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Mar 20, 2018
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Jan 18, 2018
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
· Oct 31, 2017
Meehan, Patrick
· Oct 31, 2017
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Sep 8, 2017
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Sep 8, 2017
Jenkins, Lynn
· Jul 11, 2017
 R
Smith, Jason
Missouri · Jun 29, 2017
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Jun 16, 2017
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Apr 28, 2017
Young, David
· Apr 28, 2017
Murphy, Tim
· Mar 29, 2017
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 10, 2017
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Mar 10, 2017
Curbelo, Carlos
· Feb 16, 2017
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 16, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1173: Medicare Mental Health Access Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1173/
MLA
"H.R. 1173: Medicare Mental Health Access Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1173/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 1173, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1173/.
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[H.R. 1173: Medicare Mental Health Access Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1173/)
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