US Congress Senate Bill 539 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-1-1)
Status: Introduced on March 10 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the definition of "health care provider" for purposes of health information technology provisions to include a behavioral or mental health professional, a substance abuse professional, a psychiatric hospital, a community mental health center, a residential or outpatient mental health treatment facility, and a substance abuse treatment facility. Adds community mental health centers, psychiatric hospitals, behavioral and mental health professionals, substance abuse professionals, residential or outpatient mental health treatment facilities, and substance abuse treatment facilities to the list of entities with priority for receiving direct assistance from regional extension centers to effectively adopt, implement, and utilize health information technology. Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include qualified clinical psychologists, clinical social workers, psychiatric hospitals, community mental health centers, residential or outpatient mental health treatment facilities, and substance abuse treatment facilities within the health professionals, hospitals, and Medicaid providers eligible for incentive payments for the meaningful use of certified EHR technology. Applies Medicare hospital market basket adjustments for such incentives applicable to inpatient hospitals to psychiatric hospitals.

Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2011

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Daniel Inouye [D-HI]	Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]	Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]
Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-10	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB6043 (Related) 2012-07-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/539/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s539/BILLS-112s539is.pdf