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S. 1732 115th Congress Senate

Improving Access to Behavioral Health Information Technology Act

Official title: A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to promote testing of incentive payments for behavioral health providers for adoption and use of certified electronic health record technology.

Introduced: November 28, 2017 Introduced by: Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
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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
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 2,241 Whitehouse, Sheldon To improve the bill. Agreed to May 7, 2018
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 Latest action May 11, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3331 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to promote testing of incentive payments for behavioral health providers f…
  • HR 6 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act
 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Nov 28, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1732: Improving Access to Behavioral Health Information Technology Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1732/
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"S. 1732: Improving Access to Behavioral Health Information Technology Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1732/.
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S. 1732, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1732/.
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