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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8910 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide outreach 
and reporting on certain behavioral health integration services furnished 
under the Medicare program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 
Mr. SMITH of Missouri (for himself, Mr. SCHNEIDER, and Mr. FERGUSON) in-
troduced the following bill; which was 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 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
provide outreach and reporting on certain behavioral 
health integration services furnished under the Medicare 
program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Behavioral Health In-
tegration Awareness Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROVIDER OUTREACH AND REPORTING ON CER-
TAIN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTEGRATION 
SERVICES. 
(a) OUTREACH.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall conduct outreach to physicians and appro-
priate non-physician practitioners participating under the 
Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) with respect to behavioral 
health integration services described by any of HCPCS 
codes 99492 through 99494 or 99484 (or any successor 
code). Such outreach shall include a comprehensive, one- 
time education initiative to inform such physicians and 
practitioners of the inclusion of such services as a covered 
benefit under the Medicare program, including describing 
the requirements to bill for such codes and the require-
ments for beneficiary eligibility for such services. 
(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) PROVIDER OUTREACH.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of the completion of the edu-
cation initiative described in subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Ways and 
Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Finance of the Senate a report on the outreach 
conducted under such subsection. Such report shall 
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include a description of the methods used for such 
outreach. 
(2) UTILIZATION
RATES.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of the completion of the edu-
cation initiative described in subsection (a), and two 
years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate a report on the number of Medicare bene-
ficiaries (including those accessing services in rural 
and underserved areas) who, during the preceding 
year, were furnished services described in subsection 
(a) for which payment was made under title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.). 
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