US HB3032 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

US Congress House Bill 3032 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 52-23)
Status: Introduced on June 23 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-07-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare, (2) exclude such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, and (3) authorize marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services.

Title

Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2017

Sponsors

Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. John Faso [R-NY]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Bruce Poliquin [R-ME]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]
Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-07-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-06-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-06-23	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.
2017-06-23	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.
2017-06-23	House	Introduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB1879 (Related) 2017-09-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB5531 (Related) 2018-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.