HR 432
117th Congress
House
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 2021
Introduced: January 21, 2021
Introduced by:
Thompson, Mike
Democratic
· California
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 2, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 21, 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.
Jan 21, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 21, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2021
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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