S 286
116th 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
Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 31, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 31, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2019
This bill provides for coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare. It also excludes such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, and authorizes 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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