Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1946
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alzheimer's disease
Ambulatory care
Brain diseases
Case management
Child health
Clinics
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Counseling
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to health facilities
Governmental investigations
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Marriage counseling
Medical statistics
Medicare
Mental health services
Nursing homes
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Physicians
Psychologists
Psychotherapy
Rural health
Social Welfare
Social work

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2005 - 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 oupatient 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 clinicial improvement to continue to receive the service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 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.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 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.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 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.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E779)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House