US HB945 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 99-25)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-09-09 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 31 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-09-09 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Provides for coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare. It also excludes such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, and authorizes marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services.
Title
Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2019
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-09 | House | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| 2020-09-09 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. |
| 2020-06-30 | House | Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
| 2019-02-01 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2019-01-31 | 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. |
| 2019-01-31 | 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. |
| 2019-01-31 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2019-01-31 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB286 (Same As) 2019-01-31 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Mental health
Rural conditions and development
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Mental health
Rural conditions and development
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/945/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr945/BILLS-116hr945ih.pdf |
