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Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021

Introduced: November 3, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 18, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 18, 2021
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.
Mar 18, 2021
Introduced in House
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Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021

This bill increases the Medicare reimbursement rate for clinical social worker services. The bill excludes clinical social worker services from the prospective payment system in which predetermined amounts form the basis for payment under Medicare.

Additionally, the bill alters the definition of clinical social worker services as it relates to Medicare. Under current law, such services (1) include services performed for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, and (2) exclude services furnished to an inpatient of a skilled nursing facility as a condition of the facility's participation in the Medicare program. The bill repeals these provisions and instead specifies that such services include certain types of health behavior assessment and intervention.

What's happening now March 19, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 4486 Related bill Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022
  • S 870 Identical bill Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 46
All 46 Democratic 33 Republican 1
Bass, Karen
· Apr 26, 2022
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Feb 22, 2022
Napolitano, Grace
· Feb 22, 2022
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Feb 3, 2022
Manning, Kathy
· Jan 14, 2022
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Dec 7, 2021
Sires, Albio
· Nov 3, 2021
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Oct 28, 2021
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Oct 28, 2021
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Oct 19, 2021
 D
Strickland, Marilyn
Washington · Oct 19, 2021
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Oct 12, 2021
Malinowski, Tom
· Sep 3, 2021
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Sep 3, 2021
Yarmuth, John
· Aug 6, 2021
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Jul 26, 2021
PRICE, DAVID
· Jul 20, 2021
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jun 16, 2021
Lawson, Al
· Jun 15, 2021
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Jun 8, 2021
JOHNSON, EDDIE
· Jun 8, 2021
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · May 28, 2021
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · May 28, 2021
 D
Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · May 28, 2021
 D
Underwood, Lauren
Illinois · May 28, 2021
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · May 17, 2021
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · May 17, 2021
Lowenthal, Alan
· May 17, 2021
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · May 11, 2021
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · May 11, 2021
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Apr 8, 2021
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Mar 23, 2021
Axne, Cynthia
· Mar 18, 2021
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 18, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 18, 2021
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Mar 18, 2021
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 18, 2021
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 18, 2021
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Mar 18, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 18, 2021
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Mar 18, 2021
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 18, 2021
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Mar 18, 2021
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Mar 18, 2021
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Mar 18, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2035: Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2035/
MLA
"H.R. 2035: Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2035/.
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H.R. 2035, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2035/.
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