3.0.0 1879 2023-01-11T13:38:32Z 2023-01-11T13:38:32Z Senate S 2017-09-27 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-09-27T21:46:31Z Opioid Emergency Response Act 115 5531 HR 2018-05-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Related bill CRS Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2017 115 3032 HR 2017-07-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2017-09-27 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-09-27 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 2017-09-27 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2017-11-01 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2017-11-01 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-11-01 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2017-11-30 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2017-11-30 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2017-12-06 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-12-06 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2018-02-27 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2018-04-25 False J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2018-05-17 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2018-07-16 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2018-09-18 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2018-11-14 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2018-12-04 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 2017-09-27 Introduced in Senate 2017-12-18T19:55:11Z Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2017

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 2017 Display Title Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2017 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 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1879is/xml/BILLS-115s1879is.xml 2017-09-27 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.