Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2019

HB 945 Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2019

US Congress 116th Congress

Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2019
HB-945

About HB-945

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.

  

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Introduced 02/13/2019

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Sponsors (124)

Rep. Barbara Lee


Co-Sponsor

Rep. Henry Johnson


Co-Sponsor

Rep. Ted Lieu


Co-Sponsor

Rep. Robert Wittman


Co-Sponsor

Rep. H. Morgan Griffith


Co-Sponsor

Rep. Janice Schakowsky


Co-Sponsor

Rep. Dina Titus


Co-Sponsor

Rep. James McGovern


Co-Sponsor

Rep. Earl Blumenauer


Co-Sponsor

Rep. David Cicilline


Co-Sponsor

Rep. Eleanor Norton


Co-Sponsor

Rep. Steve Cohen


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History

Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held.

09/09/2020

Ordered To Be Reported (amended) By Voice Vote.

09/09/2020

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

06/30/2020

Referred To The Subcommittee On Health.

02/01/2019

Introduced In House

01/31/2019

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.

01/31/2019

Referred To The Subcommittee On Health.

01/31/2019

Subject(s)

Health Health Care Coverage And Access Health Facilities And Institutions Long-term, Rehabilitative, And Terminal Care Medicare Mental Health Rural Conditions And Development