3.0.0 448 2023-01-11T13:34:45Z 2023-01-11T13:34:45Z Senate S 2017-02-27 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-27T19:53:28Z Medicare Mental Health Access Act 115 1173 HR 2017-03-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2017-02-27 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-02-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2017-02-27 True R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2017-03-15 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2017-03-23 False H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2017-05-16 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2017-06-12 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2017-06-12 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2017-07-25 False S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2017-08-03 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2018-01-03 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2018-04-10 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2018-04-10 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2018-04-24 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2018-05-14 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2018-06-05 False Health Health personnel Medicare Mental health Health 00 2017-02-27 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-14T21:11:26Z Medicare Mental Health Access Act

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to expand the definition of "physician," for purposes of the Medicare program, to include a clinical psychologist with respect to the furnishing of qualified psychologist services.

]]> Medicare Mental Health Access Act Display Title Medicare Mental Health Access Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Mental Health Access Act Introduced in Senate 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s448is/xml/BILLS-115s448is.xml 2017-02-27 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.