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Expanded Medicare Coverage for Outpatient Mental Health Services

This bill aims to broaden the scope of mental health services covered under the Medicare program. This means more individuals will have access to intensive outpatient mental health care, making it easier to receive needed psychological support. These changes will take effect on January 1, 2024.
Key points
Medicare will cover new intensive outpatient mental health services.
These services will be available at community mental health centers, Federally qualified health centers, and rural health clinics.
The required therapy time for intensive outpatient services will be reduced to a minimum of 9 hours per week, with assessments every other month.
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Additional Information
Print number: 117_HR_8878
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Process start date: 2022-09-19