Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Act

Bill: 113-s-1815
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2013-12-12
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: 2013-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-12-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1815 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 12 (legislative day, December 11), 2013 Mr. Begich introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 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, .