Press release on Bipartisan IBH bill in U.S. Senate
The above link is a May 26, 2022 press release on a newly introduced bipartisan Senate bill on behavioral integration in primary care (S. 4306). Lead sponsors are Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) and Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS), both members of the Senate HELP Committee where the bill has been sent. The bill would establish a federal grant program to enable PC practices to deploy evidence-based behavioral integration services. Priority would be given to small (<15 clinicians) practices.
In addition to No Health without Mental Health (NHMH), the bill is endorsed by many key players in
the DC IBHPC policy space, with particular support from the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). The BPC's March 2021 landmark BHI
Report with Policy Recommendations to Congress are currently forming the basis
for another important bipartisan (Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen. Mike Crapo
(R-ID) Senate bill now being in the Senate Finance Committee responsible for
all Congressional legislation regarding Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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