Expanding Seniors Access to Mental Health Services Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1797 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1797 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to mental health services under the Medicare program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 15, 2025 Mr. Barrasso (for himself and Mr. Coons) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to mental health services under the Medicare program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding Seniors Access to Mental Health Services Act''. SEC. 2. IMPROVED ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. (a) Access to Clinical Social Worker Services Provided to Residents of Skilled Nursing Facilities.-- (1) Exclusion of clinical social worker services from the …