S 1879
115th Congress
Senate
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Mental health
Rural conditions and development
Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2017
Introduced: September 27, 2017
Introduced by:
Barrasso, John
Republican
· Wyoming
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 27, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 27, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2017
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare, (2) exclude such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, and (3) authorize marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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