[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2921 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2921

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to help ensure coverage 
 of inpatient treatment services furnished in institutions for mental 
                                disease.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2018

 Mr. Heller (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. McCaskill, 
 Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Carper) introduced the following bill; which was 
          read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to help ensure coverage 
 of inpatient treatment services furnished in institutions for mental 
                                disease.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Securing Flexibility to Treat 
Substance Use Disorders Act''.

SEC. 2. PAYMENTS TO PROVIDE COVERAGE OF INPATIENT TREATMENT SERVICES 
              FURNISHED IN INSTITUTIONS FOR MENTAL DISEASE.

    Section 1903(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(m)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(7) Payment shall be made under this title to a State for 
expenditures included in the development of capitation payments for 
treatment described in section 438.6(e) of title 42, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or any successor regulation) that is provided to an 
individual described in such section in a facility described in such 
section.''.
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