S. 2847
119th Congress
Senate
Occupational Therapy Mental Health Parity Act
Official title: A bill to clarify coverage of occupational therapy under the Medicare program.
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To President
Became law
Sep 17, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 17, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Plain-English summary
Occupational Therapy Mental Health Parity Act
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to conduct outreach on Medicare coverage of occupational therapy services to treat substance use or mental health disorders.
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Bill text
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- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Lobbying activity
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- THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)
- NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
- THE MCMANUS GROUP
- NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
- THE MCMANUS GROUP
- THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Education, Dept of
- Bureau of Justice Assistance
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
Cosponsors
1
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2847: Occupational Therapy Mental Health Parity Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2847/
"S. 2847: Occupational Therapy Mental Health Parity Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2847/.
S. 2847, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2847/.
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