Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 12/17/2024
Actions
- 2024-12-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2023-03-24Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2023-03-17Referred 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.
- 2023-03-17Referred 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.
- 2023-03-17Introduced in House
- 2023-03-17Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-03-17 (00)
Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2023
This bill increases the Medicare reimbursement rate for clinical social worker services. The bill excludes clinical social worker services from the prospective payment system in which predetermined amounts form the basis for payment under Medicare.
Additionally, the bill alters the definition of clinical social worker services as it relates to Medicare. Under current law, such services (1) include services performed for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, and (2) exclude services furnished to an inpatient of a skilled nursing facility as a condition of the facility's participation in the Medicare program. The bill repeals these provisions and instead specifies that such services include certain types of health behavior assessment and intervention.
Cosponsors (20)
- Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- Jill Tokuda (D-HI)
- David Trone (D-MD)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Jesus Garcia (D-IL)
- ADAM SMITH (D-WA)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Mary Scanlon (D-PA)
- Ann Kuster (D-NH)
- Troy Carter (D-LA)
- Katie Porter (D-CA)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Doris Matsui (D-CA)
Subjects
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Medicare
- Mental health
- Nursing
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
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