Fair Care for Kids Act

Bill: 114-hr-5411
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2016-06-08
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health

Hospital care

Medicaid

Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Mental health
Latest action: action_date: 2016-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-06-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Fair Care for Kids Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to&nbsp;provide for&nbsp;medical assistance under&nbsp;a state Medicaid program&nbsp;with respect to&nbsp;the full-range of early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services for children in inpatient psychiatric hospitals, whether or not&nbsp;such services are furnished by the child's inpatient psychiatric provider.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5411 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 8, 2016 Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Tonko , and Ms. Matsui ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide under the State plan under the Medicaid program early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services to individuals under age 21 who are receiving services in institutions for mental diseases.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Care for Kids Act . 2. Providing full-range of EPSDT services to children in IMDs (a) Providing full-Range of EPSDT services to children in IMDs Section 1905(h) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d(h) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Such term includes the full-range of early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services (as defined in subsection (r)), whether or not furnished by the provider of the services described in paragraph (1). . (b) Effective date (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), the amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to items and services furnished on or after the date of the enactment of this section. (2) Exception for State legislation In the case of a State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act, which the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation in order for the respective plan to meet any requirement imposed by the amendments made by subsection (a), the respective plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such title solely on the basis of its failure to meet such an additional requirement before the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session of the State legislature that begins after the date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session shall be considered to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.