Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2018

Summary

Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2018 This bill increases the Medicare reimbursement rate for clinical social worker services. The bill excludes clinical social worker services from the prospective payment system in which predetermined amounts form the basis for payment under Medicare. Additionally, the bill alters the definition of "clinical social worker services" as it relates to Medicare. Under current law, "clinical social worker services": (1) include services performed for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, and (2) exclude services furnished to an inpatient of a skilled nursing facility as a condition of the facility's participation in the Medicare program. The bill repeals these provisions and instead specifies that such services include certain types of health behavior assessment and intervention.

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Timeline

1. 22 March 2018

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 22 March 2018

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 22 March 2018 · Download file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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Sponsors

• Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

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