3.0.0 921 2023-01-11T19:45:44Z 2023-01-11T19:45:44Z Senate S S 2007-03-20 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-20T15:39:09Z Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2007 110 1588 HR 2007-03-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2007-03-20 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3356) IntroReferral 2007-03-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3355-3356) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000162 Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY] CRAIG THOMAS R WY N L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2007-03-20 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-03-27 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-05-11 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-05-15 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-05-23 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2007-07-10 False B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2007-09-20 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2007-09-21 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2008-09-11 False Health Clinics Families Health counseling Housing and Community Development Marriage counseling Medicare Mental health services Nursing homes Psychotherapy Rural health Social Welfare Terminal care Health 00 2007-03-20 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-27T15:42:07Z Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services generally, and particularly such services provided in rural health clinics and in hospice programs.

Amends Medicare part C (Miscellaneous) to exclude such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system.

Authorizes marriage and family therapists to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services.

]]> Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s921is/xml/BILLS-110s921is.xml 2007-03-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3356) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.