3.0.0 1830 2023-01-11T13:30:04Z 2023-01-11T13:30:04Z Senate S 2015-07-22 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-07-22T17:36:48Z Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2015 114 2759 HR 2015-06-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2016 114 5475 HR 2016-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2016 114 3435 S 2016-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2015-07-22 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-07-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY N S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2015-07-22 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2015-09-08 False A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2015-09-08 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2015-09-09 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2015-09-15 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-09-22 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2015-09-28 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2015-10-29 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2015-10-29 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-11-04 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2015-11-17 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-12-01 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2015-12-15 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2016-03-15 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2016-04-28 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 2015-07-22 Introduced in Senate 2016-06-06T20:59:57Z Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2015

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare, (2) exclude such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, and (3) authorize marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services.

]]> Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2015 Display Title Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2015 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 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1830is/xml/BILLS-114s1830is.xml 2015-07-22 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.