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.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Finance, Foreign Policy.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H53FC24AFD478458F9C910FCE4A3116C1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accelerating the Development of Advanced Psychology Trainees Act or the ADAPT Act.
- Section HC89A9A5071744C4D8CE9808EEE492B1A: 2. Coverage and coding for qualified psychologist services furnished by advanced psychology trainees under the Medicare program Section 1861(ii) of the Social...
- Section HE70DA7EEAEBD454E8225046241E7520D: 3. Guidance to States on coverage of services provided by advanced psychology trainees under Medicaid and CHIP Not later than 1 year after the date of...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Finance, Foreign Policy
Primary Purpose
This bill, 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Balderson (for himself, Ms. Kuster, Mrs. Miller of West …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
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