Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015
This bill creates the position of Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders to take over the responsibilities of the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Mental health programs are extended and training regarding mental health is expanded.
SAMHSA must establish the National Mental Health Policy Laboratory and the Interagency Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee.
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institute of Mental Health to translate evidence-based interventions and the best available science into systems of care.
Certain mental health care professional volunteers are provided liability protection.
Pediatric mental health subspecialists are eligible for National Health Service Corps programs.
An underserved population of children or a site for training in child psychiatry can be designated as a health professional shortage area.
The protected health information of an individual with a serious mental illness may be disclosed to a caregiver under certain conditions.
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to conditionally expand coverage of mental health services.
Part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the SSAct is amended to require coverage of antidepressants and antipsychotics.
If it will not increase Medicare spending, Medicare's 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services is eliminated.
Health information technology activities and incentives are expanded to include certain mental health and substance abuse professionals and facilities.
This bill restricts the lobbying and counseling activities of protection and advocacy systems for individuals with mental illness. These systems must focus on safeguarding the rights of individuals with mental illness to be free from abuse and neglect.| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
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| 2016-07-14 | IntroReferral | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate |
| 2016-07-07 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate. | Senate |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2016-07-06 | Vote | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 422 - 2 (Roll no. 355). (text: CR H4301-4318) | House floor actions |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4333-4334) | House floor actions |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. | House floor actions |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2646. | House floor actions |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4301-4325) | House floor actions |
| 2016-07-06 | Floor | Mr. Murphy (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2016-07-06 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 517. | House floor actions |
| 2016-07-06 | Discharge | Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2016-07-06 | Discharge | Committee on Ways and Means discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2016-07-06 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 114-667, Part I. | House floor actions |
| 2016-06-15 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 53 - 0. | House committee actions |
| 2016-06-15 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2016-06-14 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2015-11-16 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House committee actions |
| 2015-11-04 | Committee | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 12 . | House committee actions |
| 2015-11-04 | Committee | Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2015-11-03 | Committee | Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2015-06-18 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House committee actions |
| 2015-06-05 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House committee actions |
| 2015-06-04 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-04 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-04 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-04 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |