3.0.0 539 2019-02-20T23:00:58Z 2019-02-23T23:04:38Z Senate S S 2011-03-10 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-03-10T16:34:18Z Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 112 6043 HR 2012-07-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2011-03-10 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2011-03-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI N K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2011-03-28 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2011-05-03 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2011-05-03 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2011-05-03 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2011-05-03 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2011-05-25 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2011-05-26 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2011-06-29 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2011-07-06 False A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2011-07-13 False B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2011-07-13 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2011-07-21 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2011-07-26 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2011-09-06 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2012-01-24 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2012-02-14 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2012-06-28 False Health Behavioral sciences Computers and information technology Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Medicaid Medicare Mental health Health 00 2011-03-10 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-03T20:03:32Z Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the definition of "health care provider" for purposes of health information technology provisions to include a behavioral or mental health professional, a substance abuse professional, a psychiatric hospital, a community mental health center, a residential or outpatient mental health treatment facility, and a substance abuse treatment facility.

Adds community mental health centers, psychiatric hospitals, behavioral and mental health professionals, substance abuse professionals, residential or outpatient mental health treatment facilities, and substance abuse treatment facilities to the list of entities with priority for receiving direct assistance from regional extension centers to effectively adopt, implement, and utilize health information technology.

Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include qualified clinical psychologists, clinical social workers, psychiatric hospitals, community mental health centers, residential or outpatient mental health treatment facilities, and substance abuse treatment facilities within the health professionals, hospitals, and Medicaid providers eligible for incentive payments for the meaningful use of certified EHR technology. Applies Medicare hospital market basket adjustments for such incentives applicable to inpatient hospitals to psychiatric hospitals.

]]> Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2011 Display Title Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Services Act and the Social Security Act to extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-03-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s539is/xml/BILLS-112s539is.xml 2011-03-10 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.