Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Act

Bill: 113-hr-1037
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2013-03-07
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services

Department of Health and Human Services

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health personnel

Mental health
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include occupational therapists within the definition of &quot;behavioral and mental health professionals&quot; for purposes of the National Health Service Corps.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1037 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 7, 2013 Mr. Tonko (for himself, Ms. Brown of Florida , and Ms. Slaughter ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to include occupational therapists as behavioral and mental health professionals for purposes of the National Health Service Corps.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Act . 2. Including occupational therapists as behavioral and mental health professionals for purposes of the National Health Service Corps Section 331(a)(1)(E)(i) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254d(a)(1)(E)(i) ) is amended by inserting occupational therapists, after psychiatric nurse specialists, .