3.0.0 1522 2023-01-11T13:18:13Z 2023-01-11T13:18:13Z Senate S S 2009-07-28 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-07-28T15:33:08Z Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2009 111 4373 HR 2009-12-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2009-07-28 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-07-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N Health Advisory bodies Aging Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Home and outpatient care Hospital care Medicare Mental health Veterans' medical care Health 00 2009-07-28 Introduced in Senate 2009-10-23T19:07:36Z Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow as partial hospitalization services nutritional planning, meals, and transportation.

Directs the Secretary of Heatlh and Human Services (HHS) to convene a Behavioral Health Advisory Committee to address issues relating to: (1) discrimination against the chronically mentally ill, elderly, and U.S. veterans as it relates to receiving treatment for mental illness; and (2) the establishment of conditions of participation for community mental health centers that provide partial hospitalization services under the Medicare program.

]]> Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2009 Display Title Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize and modernize the provision of partial hospitalization services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1522is/xml/BILLS-111s1522is.xml 2009-07-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.