Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 3/7/2019
Actions
- 2019-03-07Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2019-03-06Referred 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.
- 2019-03-06Referred 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.
- 2019-03-06Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E252)
- 2019-03-06Introduced in House
- 2019-03-06Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-03-06 (00)
Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2019
This bill 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.
Cosponsors (4)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
Subjects
- Advisory bodies
- Aging
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Home and outpatient care
- Hospital care
- Medicare
- Mental health
- Veterans' medical care
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