S 2847 119th Congress Senate Health

Occupational Therapy Mental Health Parity Act

Introduced: September 17, 2025 Introduced by: Hassan, Margaret Wood Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Sep 17, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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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.

What's happening now September 17, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Lobbying activity 9

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)
for THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA) · Maryland · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
THE MCMANUS GROUP
for AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION · Maryland · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
for NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS · Virginia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)
for THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA) · Maryland · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
for NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS · Virginia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)
for THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA) · Maryland · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025

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Cosponsors 1

Scott, Tim

South Carolina · Sep 17, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2847: Occupational Therapy Mental Health Parity Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2847/

MLA

"S. 2847: Occupational Therapy Mental Health Parity Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2847/.

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S. 2847, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2847/.

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