Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2019 2019-03-06 Introduced in House Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2019

This bill includes nutritional planning, meals, and transportation, as well as vocational and employment counseling services, as covered partial-hospitalization services under Medicare.

The Department of Health and Human Services shall convene a Behavioral Health Advisory Committee to address specified issues, including discrimination against the chronically mentally ill, elderly, and veterans in relation to treatment for mental illness.

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