United States · Bill · S
S. 1879 (115th)
Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2017
Introduced
27 September 2017
Last action
27 September 2017 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME], Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare, (2) exclude such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, and (3) authorize marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services.
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Timeline
27 September 2017
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
27 September 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 27 September 2017 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] · I · Cosponsor
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1879
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1879
- us · 115-s-1879 · source updated 5 December 2025