Removing Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Limitations Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Removing Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Limitations Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Immigration, Social Welfare.
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 Removing Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Limitations Act of 2026.
- Section H4296E5418B9647F489355020B815FEF5: 2. Elimination of 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services Section 1812 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395d) is amended— in...
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Removing Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Limitations Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Immigration, Social Welfare
Primary Purpose
This bill, Removing Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Limitations Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- health care providers and patients
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Ms. Smith) introduced …
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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