# 114-hr-3712: Improving Access to Mental Health Act

114-hr-3712, Improving Access to Mental Health Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-3712
- Congress: 114
- Title: Improving Access to Mental Health Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2015-10-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Improving Access to Mental Health Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase the Medicare reimbursement rate for clinical social worker services, (2) exclude clinical social worker services from the prospective payment system in which predetermined amounts form the basis for payment under Medicare, and (3) alter the definition of “clinical social worker services” as it relates to Medicare. Under current law, “clinical social worker services”: (1) include services performed for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, and (2) exclude services furnished to an inpatient of a skilled nursing facility as a condition of the facility's participation in the Medicare program. The bill repeals these provisions and instead specifies that such services include certain types of health behavior assessment and intervention.

## Cosponsors (16)

- CORRINE BROWN (D-FL), 2015-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL HONDA (D-CA), 2015-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2015-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] (D-GU), 2015-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2015-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2015-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2015-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- LUIS GUTIERREZ (D-IL), 2015-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2015-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2015-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2015-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2015-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ashford, Brad [D-NE-2] (D-NE), 2015-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY), 2016-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2016-04-11T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL CAPUANO (D-MA), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-2902: Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2015
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## Sources
- [114-hr-3712 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3712)

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