[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 307 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 307

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide that clinical 
   social worker services are a mandatory benefit under the medicaid 
                                program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

 Mr. Quillen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide that clinical 
   social worker services are a mandatory benefit under the medicaid 
                                program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COVERAGE OF CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER SERVICES AS A MANDATORY 
              MEDICAID BENEFIT.

    (a) In General.--Section 1905(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396d(a)), as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 
of 1990, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (21);
            (2) in paragraph (24), by striking the comma at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (3) by redesignating paragraphs (22), (23), and (24) as 
        paragraphs (25), (22), and (23), respectively, and by 
        transferring and inserting paragraph (25) after paragraph (23), 
        as so redesignated; and
            (4) by inserting after paragraph (23) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(24) clinical social worker services (as defined in 
        section 1861(hh)(1); and''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 1902(a)(10)(A) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)) is amended by striking ``(17) and (21)'' 
and inserting ``(17), (21), and (24)''.
    (2) Section 1902(a)(10)(C)(iv) (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(C)(iv)) is 
amended--
            (A) by striking ``(5) and (17)'' and inserting ``(5), (17), 
        and (24)''; and
            (B) by striking ``through (21)'' and inserting ``through 
        (24)''.
    (3) Section 1902(j) (42 U.S.C. 1396a(j)) is amended by striking 
``through (22)'' and inserting ``through (25)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
amendments made by this section shall be effective with respect to 
payments under title XIX of the Social Security Act for calendar 
quarters beginning more than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
    (2) In the case of a State plan for medical assistance under title 
XIX of the Social Security Act which the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services determines requires State legislation in order for the plan to 
meet the additional requirements imposed by the amendments made by this 
section, the State plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with 
the requirements of such title solely on the basis of its failure to 
meet these additional requirements before the first day of the calendar 
quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session of the 
State legislature that begins after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that 
has a 2-year legislative session, each year of such session shall be 
deemed to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.

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