US HB1564 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on March 6 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 6 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Includes nutritional planning, meals, and transportation, as well as vocational and employment counseling services, as covered partial-hospitalization services under Medicare. The Department of Health and Human Services shall convene a Behavioral Health Advisory Committee to address specified issues, including discrimination against the chronically mentally ill, elderly, and veterans in relation to treatment for mental illness.
Title
Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2019
Sponsors
| Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL] | Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX] | Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI] | Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY] |
| Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-07 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2019-03-06 | House | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. |
| 2019-03-06 | House | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. |
| 2019-03-06 | House | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E252) |
| 2019-03-06 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Advisory bodies
Aging
Disability and health-based discrimination
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Mental health
Veterans' medical care
Aging
Disability and health-based discrimination
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Mental health
Veterans' medical care
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1564/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1564/BILLS-116hr1564ih.pdf |
