S. 4076
119th Congress
Senate
Removing Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Limitations Act of 2026
Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services under the Medicare Program.
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Mar 12, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 12, 2026
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Plain-English summary
Removing Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Limitations Act of 2026
This bill removes the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services under Medicare.
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Lobbying activity
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- MCALLISTER & QUINN, LLC
- NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
- AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
- AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION
- AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN
- THE PICARD GROUP, LLC
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Education, Dept of
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
Cosponsors
3
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4076: Removing Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Limitations Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4076/
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