S 1732
115th Congress
Senate
Health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Improving Access to Behavioral Health Information Technology Act
Introduced: August 3, 2017
Introduced by:
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Democratic
· Rhode Island
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Everywhere this bill has been
10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 11, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 9, 2018
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.
May 9, 2018
Received in the House.
May 9, 2018
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
May 7, 2018
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2528)
May 7, 2018
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S2528)
May 7, 2018
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2528)
May 7, 2018
Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Aug 3, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 3, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Improving Access to Behavioral Health Information Technology Act
(Sec. 2) This bill specifies that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation may test models to provide incentive payments to behavioral health providers for: (1) adopting electronic health records technology, and (2) using that technology to improve the quality and coordination of care.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
5
Cosponsors
1