3.0.0 671 2023-01-11T13:19:42Z 2023-01-11T13:19:42Z Senate S S 2009-03-23 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-23T21:01:57Z Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2009 111 1693 HR 2009-03-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2009-03-23 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-03-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT N B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2009-03-23 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2009-03-23 True I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2009-03-23 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2009-03-23 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2009-03-25 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2009-04-20 False L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2009-04-20 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2009-04-23 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2009-05-07 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2009-07-27 False B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2009-08-03 False D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2009-08-03 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2009-08-03 False Health Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare Mental health Rural conditions and development Health 00 2009-03-23 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-27T17:13:44Z Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance), particularly those provided in rural health clinics, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), and in hospice programs.

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

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

]]> Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2009 Display Title Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2009 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 Short Titles as Introduced Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s671is/xml/BILLS-111s671is.xml 2009-03-23 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.