US Congress House Bill 2646 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 148-58-1-1)
Status: Engrossed on July 7 2016 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-07-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2016 This bill creates the position of Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders to take over the responsibilities of the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Mental health programs are extended and training regarding mental health is expanded. SAMHSA must establish the National Mental Health Policy Laboratory and the Interagency Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee. This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institute of Mental Health to translate evidence-based interventions and the best available science into systems of care. Certain mental health care professional volunteers are provided liability protection. Pediatric mental health subspecialists are eligible for National Health Service Corps programs. An underserved population of children or a site for training in child psychiatry can be designated as a health professional shortage area. The protected health information of an individual with a serious mental illness may be disclosed to a caregiver under certain conditions. This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to conditionally expand coverage of mental health services. Part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the SSAct is amended to require coverage of antidepressants and antipsychotics. If it will not increase Medicare spending, Medicare's 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services is eliminated. Health information technology activities and incentives are expanded to include certain mental health and substance abuse professionals and facilities. This bill restricts the lobbying and counseling activities of protection and advocacy systems for individuals with mental illness. These systems must focus on safeguarding the rights of individuals with mental illness to be free from abuse and neglect.

Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2016

Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]
Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]	Rep. Frank Guinta [R-NH]	Rep. Mimi Walters [R-CA]
Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]
Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]
Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]
Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. David Trott [R-MI]	Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]
Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]
Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]
Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]
Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]
Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Martha Roby [R-AL]
Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]
Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. John Mica [R-FL]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]
Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]
Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]	Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]
Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]	Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]
Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. French Hill [R-AR]	Rep. Ryan Zinke [R-MT]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]
Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]
Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Robert Hurt [R-VA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Darin LaHood [R-IL]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]
Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]	Rep. Scott Rigell [R-VA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]
Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Bruce Poliquin [R-ME]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]	Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. John Moolenaar [R-MI]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]
Rep. Garret Graves [R-LA]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Cresent Hardy [R-NV]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]

House - On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended (Y: 422 N: 2 NV: 9 Abs: 0) [PASS]
House - On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended (Y: 422 N: 2 NV: 9 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-07-14	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2016-07-07	Senate	Received in the Senate.
2016-07-06	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2016-07-06	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 422 - 2 (Roll no. 355). (text: CR H4301-4318)
2016-07-06	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4333-4334)
2016-07-06	House	At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
2016-07-06	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2646.
2016-07-06	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4301-4325)
2016-07-06	House	Mr. Murphy (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2016-07-06	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 517.
2016-07-06	House	Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
2016-07-06	House	Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
2016-07-06	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 114-667, Part I.
2016-06-15	House	Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 53 - 0.
2016-06-15	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2016-06-15	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 53 - 0 .
2016-06-15	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2016-06-14	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2015-11-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2015-11-04	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 12 .
2015-11-04	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2015-11-03	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2015-07-09	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4963)
2015-06-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-06-11	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4166-4167)
2015-06-10	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4008-4009)
2015-06-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-06-04	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2015-06-04	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-06-04	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-06-04	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-06-04	House	Introduced in House

HB938 (Related) 2015-02-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB1299 (Related) 2015-05-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2797)
SB2151 (Related) 2015-10-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2646/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2646/BILLS-114hr2646ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2646/BILLS-114hr2646rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2646/BILLS-114hr2646eh.pdf
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2016355