IIB
115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5583
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 13, 2018
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require States to annually report on certain adult health quality measures, and for other purposes.
Mandatory reporting with respect to adult behavioral health measures
Section 1139B of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–9b) is amended—
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph (3)—
by striking Not later than January 1, 2013
and inserting the following:
Voluntary reporting
Not later than January 1, 2013
; and
by adding at the end the following:
Mandatory reporting with respect to behavioral health measures
Beginning with the State report required under subsection (d)(1) for 2024, the Secretary shall require States to use all behavioral health measures included in the core set of adult health quality measures and any updates or changes to such measures to report information, using the standardized format for reporting information and procedures developed under subparagraph (A), regarding the quality of behavioral health care for Medicaid eligible adults.
; and
in paragraph (5), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
Behavioral health measures
Beginning with respect to State reports required under subsection (d)(1) for 2024, the core set of adult health quality measures maintained under this paragraph (and any updates or changes to such measures) shall include behavioral health measures.
; and
in subsection (d)(1)(A)—
by striking the such plan
and inserting such plan
; and
by striking subsection (a)(5)
and inserting subsection (b)(5) and, beginning with the report for 2024, all behavioral health measures included in the core set of adult health quality measures maintained under such subsection (b)(5) and any updates or changes to such measures (as required under subsection (b)(3))
.
Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2018.
Karen L. Haas,
Clerk.