MIND Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6926 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide coverage and payment under title XIX of the Social Security Act for services furnished to individuals who are patients in institutions for mental diseases during the COVID–19 emergency period and 180-days thereafter, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 19, 2020 Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En- ergy and Commerce A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide coverage and payment under title XIX of the Social Security Act for services furnished to individuals who are patients in institutions for mental diseases during the COVID–19 emergency period and 180-days there- after, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Meeting IMD Needs 4 with Direction Act’’ or ‘‘MIND Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jun 11, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6926.IH H6926 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6926 IH SEC. 2. COVERAGE AND PAYMENT UNDER MEDICAID FOR 1 SERVICES FURNISHED TO CERTAIN INDIVID- 2 UALS WHO ARE PATIENTS IN INSTITUTIONS 3 FOR MENTAL DISEASES DURING THE COVID– 4 19 EMERGENCY PERIOD AND 180-DAYS 5 THEREAFTER. 6 Section 1905(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 7 1396d(a)) is amended— 8 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, provided, 9 however, that this exclusion for services in an insti- 10 tution for mental diseases does not apply to services 11 furnished to any individual during the period begin- 12 ning on the first day of the emergency period de- 13 scribed in section 1135(g)(1)(B) and ending on the 14 last day of the 180-day period succeeding such 15 emergency)’’ after ‘‘diseases’’; 16 (2) in paragraph (30)(B), by inserting ‘‘pro- 17 vided, however, that this subparagraph (B) does not 18 apply to services furnished to any such individual 19 during the period beginning on the first day of the 20 emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) 21 and ending on the last day of the 180-day period 22 succeeding such emergency’’ after ‘‘section 23 1915(l))’’; and 24 (3) by adding at the end of the flush left matter 25 succeeding paragraph (30) the following new sen- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jun 11, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6926.IH H6926 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 6926 IH tence: ‘‘All other laws in this title are hereby re- 1 pealed, to the extent that they exclude services (or 2 payment for services) in an institution for mental 3 diseases furnished to any individual during the pe- 4 riod beginning on the first day of the emergency pe- 5 riod described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) and ending 6 on the last day of the 180-day period succeeding 7 such emergency.’’. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jun 11, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6926.IH H6926 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS