3.0.0 2144 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z Senate S 2021-06-21 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-06-21T20:59:55Z PEERS Act of 2021 117 2767 HR 2021-04-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2021-06-21 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2021-06-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV N C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2021-06-21 True D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2021-10-27 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2021-11-03 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2021-12-08 False Health Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Health personnel Medicare Mental health Health 00 2021-06-21 Introduced in Senate 2021-07-20T20:54:52Z Promoting Effective and Empowering Recovery Services in Medicare Act of 2021 or the PEERS Act of 2021

This bill specifies that peer support specialists may participate in the provision of behavioral health integration services with the supervision of a physician or other entity under Medicare. The bill defines peer support specialists as individuals who are recovering from a mental health or substance-use condition and have certain national or state credentials, as specified, to provide peer support services.

]]> PEERS Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to clarify the eligibility for participation of peer support specialists in the furnishing of behavioral health integration services under the Medicare program. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title PEERS Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced PEERS Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Promoting Effective and Empowering Recovery Services in Medicare Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2144is/xml/BILLS-117s2144is.xml 2021-06-21 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.