United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1447 (109th)
Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2005
Introduced
17 March 2005
Last action
—
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
15 August 2025
Summary
Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of marriage and family therapist services generally, and particularly such services provided in rural health clinics and in hospice programs. Authorizes marriage and family therapists to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services. Amends Medicare part C (Miscellaneous) to exclude such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 17 March 2005
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 17 March 2005
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 17 March 2005
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/1447
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1447