To expand psychological mental and behavioral health services to Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP beneficiaries by permitting reimbursement of psychological services provided by certain supervised psychology trainees, and facilitating the reimbursement of those services.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill expands medicare coverage for advanced psychology trainee services and expands state guidance for Medicaid/CHIP coverage of advanced psychology trainee services. It relies on eligibility expansion, regulatory modification, mandate, and guidance mandate. The main policy areas are Healthcare and Education.
Who Benefits and How
Advanced Psychology Trainees (Postdoctoral Residents) could gain revenue opportunities, Advanced Psychology Trainees (Doctoral Interns) could gain revenue opportunities, and Clinical Psychologists would be affected.
Who Bears the Burden and How
HHS/Secretary would be affected and CMS/Medicare Trust Fund could face higher costs.
Key Provisions
- Expands medicare coverage for advanced psychology trainee services.
- Expands state guidance for Medicaid/CHIP coverage of advanced psychology trainee services.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill expands medicare coverage for advanced psychology trainee services and expands state guidance for Medicaid/CHIP coverage of advanced psychology trainee services.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Education
Primary Purpose
The bill expands medicare coverage for advanced psychology trainee services and expands state guidance for Medicaid/CHIP coverage of advanced psychology trainee services.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- Advanced Psychology Trainees (Postdoctoral Residents)
- Advanced Psychology Trainees (Doctoral Interns)
- Clinical Psychologists
- Advanced Psychology Trainees
- APPIC Member Programs
Identified Costs
- HHS/Secretary
- CMS/Medicare Trust Fund
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Balderson (for himself, Mrs. Dingell, Mrs. Miller of West …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
CMS/Medicare Trust Fund, HHS/Secretary, State CHIP Programs
Positive-direction: State CHIP Programs, State Medicaid Programs
Negative-direction: CMS/Medicare Trust Fund, HHS/Secretary
Advanced Psychology Trainees, Advanced Psychology Trainees (Doctoral Interns), Advanced Psychology Trainees (Postdoctoral Residents)
CHIP Beneficiaries (Children), Medicaid Beneficiaries, Medicare Beneficiaries
APA-Accredited Psychology Training Programs, APPIC Member Programs
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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