HR 166
115th Congress
House
Health
Advisory bodies
Aging
Disability and health-based discrimination
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Mental health
Veterans' medical care
Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2017
Introduced: January 3, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 25, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 12, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 3, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Jan 3, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2017
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover nutritional planning, meals, and transportation as partial-hospitalization services under Medicare.
The Department of Health and Human Services shall convene a Behavioral Health Advisory Committee.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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