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HR 884 116th Congress House

Medicare Mental Health Access Act

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare program.

Introduced: October 1, 2019 Introduced by: Chu, Judy Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Health Health personnelMedicareMental health
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 30, 2020
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jan 31, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 30, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 30, 2019
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.
Jan 30, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 30, 2020

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Mental Health Access Act

This bill expands the definition of "physician," for purposes of the Medicare program, to include a clinical psychologist with respect to the furnishing of qualified psychologist services.

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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 39
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 11, 2020
Gabbard, Tulsi
· Mar 11, 2020
D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Feb 28, 2020
R
Miller, Carol D.
West Virginia · Jan 29, 2020
R
Emmer, Tom
Minnesota · Jan 13, 2020
R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Dec 18, 2019
D
Huffman, Jared
California · Dec 6, 2019
Yarmuth, John
· Dec 6, 2019
Long, Billy
· Dec 3, 2019
Luria, Elaine
· Nov 21, 2019
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Nov 19, 2019
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Nov 8, 2019
D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Oct 21, 2019
R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · Oct 21, 2019
D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Oct 11, 2019
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 1, 2019
D
Harder, Josh
California · Sep 27, 2019
PETERSON, COLLIN
· Sep 25, 2019
Luetkemeyer, Blaine
· Jul 9, 2019
Hartzler, Vicky
· May 16, 2019
D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · May 14, 2019
D
Soto, Darren
Florida · May 14, 2019
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 7, 2019
Perlmutter, Ed
· May 3, 2019
D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · May 3, 2019
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Apr 25, 2019
Gianforte, Greg
· Apr 10, 2019
D
Craig, Angie
Minnesota · Apr 8, 2019
D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Apr 8, 2019
R
Johnson, Dusty
South Dakota · Apr 2, 2019
R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Mar 29, 2019
R
Hern, Kevin
Oklahoma · Mar 26, 2019
R
Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Mar 26, 2019
D
Golden, Jared F.
Maine · Mar 21, 2019
King, Steve
· Mar 13, 2019
D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 13, 2019
D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Mar 13, 2019
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jan 30, 2019
R
Smith, Jason
Missouri · Jan 30, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 884: Medicare Mental Health Access Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-884/
MLA
"H.R. 884: Medicare Mental Health Access Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-884/.
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H.R. 884, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-884/.
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