# 119-hr-4185: Integrating Social Workers Across Health Care Settings Act

119-hr-4185, Integrating Social Workers Across Health Care Settings Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] (R-VA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-30).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4185
- Congress: 119
- Title: Integrating Social Workers Across Health Care Settings Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] (R-VA)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-30

## Summary

**Expands Medicare's definition of clinical social worker services to cover more settings and supports.** It would let services and supplies provided "incident to" clinical social work count as clinical social worker services and remove the current limit that tied those services only to diagnosing and treating mental illness. These changes would apply to services furnished on or after December 1, 2025. - Medicare beneficiaries: Could get broader social work support for non-mental-health needs, not just diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. - Clinical social workers: Would be able to have services and supplies provided incident to their work recognized under Medicare, which may broaden what they can deliver and bill for. - Health care providers and clinics: Could integrate social workers into more aspects of care and bill Medicare for incident-to supplies and services when they meet program rules.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7] (D-CO), 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More Medicare-covered social work services: benefit, medium. This bill would broaden what Medicare covers from clinical social workers. Medicare could pay for supplies and care given as part of a social worker visit. It would remove the rule that services are only for mental health. If enacted, these changes would apply to services on or after December 1, 20…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250
- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act
- 119-hr-2048: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-4185 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4185)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9250)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
- [119-hr-2048: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2048)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4185 (as of 2026-10-30).