Integrating Social Workers Across Health Care Settings Act

Integrating Social Workers Across Health Care Settings Act

This bill expands the scope of services that may be performed by clinical social workers under Medicare. Specifically, the bill allows clinical social workers to furnish any services that they are authorized to furnish under state law, rather than only services that relate to diagnosing or treating mental illnesses.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4185 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4185

     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revise the 
        definition of the term clinical social worker services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2025

 Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia (for herself, Mr. Davis of Illinois, and Ms. 
  Pettersen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revise the 
        definition of the term clinical social worker services.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Integrating Social Workers Across 
Health Care Settings Act''.

SEC. 2. CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER SERVICES DEFINED.

    (a) In General.--Section 1861(hh)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395x(hh)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(and services and supplies furnished as 
        an incident to such services)'' before ``performed by''; and
            (2) by striking ``for the diagnosis and treatment of mental 
        illnesses''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to services furnished on or after December 1, 2025.
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