To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Technology.
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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Behavioral Health Information Technology Coordination Act.
- Section id34382c2ea0bb42218e6049f022172c1c: 2. Behavioral health information technology grants Subtitle B of title XXX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300jj–31 et seq.) is amended by adding...
- Section ide6d2b94c1ff141b38471bec425dae683: 3019. Behavioral health information technology grants The National Coordinator shall award grants to eligible behavioral health care providers to promote...
- Section idd700b8c8ca344b658209485ff2ff02c0: 3. Voluntary standards for behavioral health information technology Section 3001(c)(5)(C) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300jj–11(c)(5)(C)) is...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Government Operations, Technology
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities, and for other purposes., 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. Mullin (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto) introduced the …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
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