Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 3/19/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-19Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2021-03-18Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2021-03-18Referred 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.
- 2021-03-18Referred 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.
- 2021-03-18Introduced in House
- 2021-03-18Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-18 (00)
Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021
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)
- SANFORD BISHOP (D-GA)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- GREGORY MEEKS (D-NY)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Mary Scanlon (D-PA)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
- Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
- David Trone (D-MD)
- Cynthia Axne (D-IA)
- PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
- Terri Sewell (D-AL)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Tony Cárdenas (D-CA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Katie Porter (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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