US Congress Senate Bill 599 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on December 11 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-12-11 - Became Public Law No: 114-97. (TXT | PDF)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Improving Access to Emergency Psychiatric Care Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to revise the length of the emergency psychiatric demonstration project under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act that is currently limited to three years. Participation in the demonstration project shall be extended through FY2016 for any requesting states selected for eligibility to participate on or before March 13, 2012, if the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) determines, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) certify, that a state's participation is projected not to increase net Medicaid program spending. An additional extension through December 31, 2019, may be granted to a state, and the number of states eligible to participate may be expanded through December 31, 2019, if the same fiscal criteria are met. HHS shall review annually each participating state's demonstration project expenditures to ensure budget neutrality. If a state's net programming spending has increased as a result of its participation in the project, HHS shall treat the excess expenditures as an overpayment under Medicaid. This bill also revises certain limitations on federal funding. HHS must submit recommendations to Congress: (1) first on whether the demonstration project should be continued after September 30, 2016, (2) whether it should be expanded to additional states, (3) subsequently on whether it should be permanently continued after December 31, 2019, in one or more states, and (4) finally on whether the demonstration project should be expanded (including on a nationwide basis). $100,000 shall be available for the project from unobligated balances of amounts available in the CMS Program Management account.

Improving Access to Emergency Psychiatric Care Act

Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]
Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-12-11	House	Became Public Law No: 114-97. (TXT | PDF)
2015-12-11	House	Signed by President.
2015-12-01	House	Presented to President.
2015-11-20	House	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2015-11-19	House	Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate bill by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8175; text as Senate agreed to the House amendment: CR S8175)
2015-11-17	House	Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
2015-11-16	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2015-11-16	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8176-8177)
2015-11-16	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 599.
2015-11-16	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8176-8180)
2015-11-16	House	Mr. Pitts moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2015-09-29	House	Held at the desk.
2015-09-29	House	Received in the House.
2015-09-29	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2015-09-28	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6979-6980; text as passed Senate: CR S6979-6980)
2015-07-30	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 180.
2015-07-30	Senate	Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-101.
2015-06-24	Senate	Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2015-02-26	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1168-1169; text of measure as introduced: CR S1169-1170)

HB3681 (Related) 2015-10-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/599/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s599/BILLS-114s599is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s599/BILLS-114s599rs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s599/BILLS-114s599es.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s599/BILLS-114s599eah.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s599/BILLS-114s599enr.pdf