S. 3289 (112th): Children’s Mental Health Accessibility Act of 2012

Introduced:
Jun 13, 2012 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)

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Status

This bill was introduced on June 13, 2012, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Jun 13, 2012
Referred to Committee Jun 13, 2012
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors (4R, 1D) (show)
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Senate Finance

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Full Title

A bill to expand the Medicaid home and community-based services waiver to include young individuals who are in need of services that would otherwise be required to be provided through a psychiatric residential treatment facility, and to change references in Federal law to mental retardation to references to an intellectual disability.

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Last updated Jun 13, 2012.
8 pages

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6/13/2012--Introduced.
Children's Mental Health Accessibility Act of 2012 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to:
(1) expand the Medicaid home and community-based services waiver to include youth in need of services provided in a psychiatric residential treatment facility;
(2) limit, under the waiver, the total number of Medicaid inpatient bed days at psychiatric residential treatment facilities during each fiscal year to the total number for the previous fiscal year as increased by the estimated percentage increase (if any) in the population of individuals under 21 residing in the state over the preceding 12-month period; and
(3) change references to mental retardation to references to an intellectual disability.

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