Securing Flexibility to Treat Substance Use Disorders Act

Bill: 115-s-2921
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2018-05-22
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Health care costs and insurance

Hospital care

Medicaid

Mental health
Latest action: action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-05-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Securing Flexibility to Treat Substance Use Disorders Act</b></p> <p>This bill provides statutory authority for&nbsp;states to receive federal Medicaid payment for monthly capitation payments to managed care organizations&nbsp;for services provided in institutions for mental diseases&nbsp;to enrollees aged 21 to 64. Such services must be provided for no longer than 15 days per month and in lieu of other services covered under the state Medicaid program. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2921 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 22, 2018 Mr. Heller (for himself, Mr. Menendez , Mr. Grassley , Mrs. McCaskill , Mr. Cornyn , and Mr. Carper ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to help ensure coverage of inpatient treatment services furnished in institutions for mental disease.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Securing Flexibility to Treat Substance Use Disorders Act . 2. Payments to Provide Coverage of Inpatient Treatment Services Furnished in Institutions for Mental Disease Section 1903(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396b(m) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (7) Payment shall be made under this title to a State for expenditures included in the development of capitation payments for treatment described in section 438.6(e) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation) that is provided to an individual described in such section in a facility described in such section. .