Occupational Therapy Mental Health Parity Act

Bill: 117-s-4712
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2022-08-02
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-08-02
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Occupational Therapy Mental Health Parity Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) to conduct outreach on Medicare coverage of occupational therapy services to treat substance use or mental health disorders. The CMS must also issue guidance on the availability of such services under Medicaid.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4712 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 2, 2022 Ms. Hassan (for herself and Mr. Scott of South Carolina ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To clarify coverage of occupational therapy under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Occupational Therapy Mental Health Parity Act . 2. Clarifying coverage of occupational therapy under Medicare Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide education and outreach to stakeholders about the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual with respect to occupational therapy services furnished to individuals under the Medicare program for the treatment of a substance use or mental health disorder diagnosis using applicable Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes. 3. Clarifying coverage of occupational therapy under Medicaid Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue guidance clarifying that States may cover occupational therapy services furnished to individuals under the Medicaid program for the treatment of a substance use or mental health disorder diagnosis.