US HB794 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 50-8-1)
Status: Introduced on February 15 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 15 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to treat as a physician, for Medicare purposes, a clinical psychologist acting within the scope of a psychologist's license (or other state law authorization), but only with respect to the furnishing of clinical psychologists services which the psychologist is legally authorized to perform by the state.
Title
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare Program.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-02-19 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2013-02-15 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
| 2013-02-15 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2013-02-15 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
| 2013-02-15 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. |
Same As/Similar To
SB1064 (Related) 2013-05-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/794/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr794/BILLS-113hr794ih.pdf |
