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H.R. 1663 (110th)

Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007

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Introduced

23 March 2007

Last action

3 April 2007 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9], Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3], Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-19], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-34], Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26], Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-7], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19], Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37], Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53], Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30], Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7], Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1], Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1], Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2], Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7], Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-17], Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6], Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1], Rep. Delahunt, Bill [D-MA-10], Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

14 August 2025

Healthcare

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Summary

Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for: (1) elimination of the lifetime limit on inpatient mental health services; (2) parity in treatment for outpatient mental health services; (3) coverage of intensive residential services under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) and of intensive outpatient services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); (4) exclusion of clinical social worker services from coverage under the Medicare skilled nursing facility prospective payment system; and (5) coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress on whether the criteria for coverage of any therapy service or any outpatient mental health care service under Medicare unduly restricts the access to such a service of any Medicare beneficiary with Alzheimer's disease or a related mental illness because the coverage criteria requires the Medicare beneficiary to display continuing clinical improvement to continue to receive the service.

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Timeline

  1. 23 March 2007

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 23 March 2007

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 23 March 2007

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E632-633)

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 23 March 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 23 March 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  6. 26 March 2007

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  7. 3 April 2007

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

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