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Improving Access to Mental Health Act

Introduced: March 21, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Mar 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 13, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 1, 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.
Mar 1, 2017
Introduced in House
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Improving Access to Mental Health Act

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase the Medicare reimbursement rate for clinical social worker services, (2) exclude clinical social worker services from the prospective payment system in which predetermined amounts form the basis for payment under Medicare, and (3) alter the definition of “clinical social worker services” as it relates to Medicare.

Under current law, “clinical social worker services”: (1) include services performed for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, and (2) exclude services furnished to an inpatient of a skilled nursing facility as a condition of the facility's participation in the Medicare program. The bill repeals these provisions and instead specifies that such services include certain types of health behavior assessment and intervention.

What's happening now March 17, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2613 Related bill Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Oct 16, 2017
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Mar 21, 2017
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Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Mar 21, 2017
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Soto, Darren
Florida · Mar 21, 2017
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 1, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1290: Improving Access to Mental Health Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1290/
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"H.R. 1290: Improving Access to Mental Health Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1290/.
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H.R. 1290, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1290/.
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