S 2533
115th Congress
Senate
Health
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health personnel
Home and outpatient care
Mental health
Student aid and college costs
Improving Access to Mental Health Services Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 12, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 12, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Improving Access to Mental Health Services Act
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to allow National Health Service Corps (NHSC) personnel who are assigned to provide health services in a health professional shortage area to provide services as behavioral and mental health professionals at schools or other community-based settings and at the homes of patients. Services provided pursuant to this bill may count toward completion of obligated service requirements under the NHSC scholarship or loan repayment programs.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1