H.R. 6343 · 115th Congress
Increasing National Patient Access To Improved Effective Necessary Mental Health Treatment Act of 2018
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Bill Huizenga
- Introduced
- 2018-07-12
- Latest action
- 2018-07-16 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
Increasing National Patient Access To Improved Effective Necessary Mental Health Treatment Act of 2018 or the INPATIENT Act of 2018
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish (1) a demonstration program to test the impact of waiving the current exclusion from Medicaid payment for services provided in institutions for mental diseases, and (2) a pilot program to test the impact of eliminating the Medicare 190-day lifetime limit for inpatient psychiatric hospital services.