Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2019

United States116th CongressHR-1564House of Representatives
Updated: Mar 7, 2019

Summary

Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2019 This bill includes nutritional planning, meals, and transportation, as well as vocational and employment counseling services, as covered partial-hospitalization services under Medicare. The Department of Health and Human Services shall convene a Behavioral Health Advisory Committee to address specified issues, including discrimination against the chronically mentally ill, elderly, and veterans in relation to treatment for mental illness.

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Timeline

  1. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E252)

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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  4. Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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