US Congress House Bill 1290 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: Introduced on March 1 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Improving Access to Mental Health Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase the Medicare reimbursement rate for clinical social worker services, (2) exclude clinical social worker services from the prospective payment system in which predetermined amounts form the basis for payment under Medicare, and (3) alter the definition of “clinical social worker services” as it relates to Medicare. Under current law, “clinical social worker 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.

Improving Access to Mental Health Act

Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-03-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-03-01	House	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.
2017-03-01	House	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.
2017-03-01	House	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.
2017-03-01	House	Introduced in House

SB2613 (Related) 2018-03-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1290/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1290/BILLS-115hr1290ih.pdf