HR 4185 · in committee · significant

Integrating Social Workers Across Health Care Settings Act

What this bill does

This bill expands Medicare coverage to allow clinical social workers to provide services beyond mental illness treatment.
Medicare patients and clinical social workers are affected by the broader scope of covered services.
The change takes effect by removing the current mental illness limitation on reimbursable social worker services.

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Community Threads

Started by Cosponsor

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How might expanding Medicare coverage for clinical social workers beyond mental illness treatment affect wait times and costs for other mental health services?
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What evidence supports the claim that clinical social workers can effectively address non-mental-health conditions that Medicare currently doesn't cover them for?
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Which healthcare providers might face competition or workflow changes if Medicare begins reimbursing clinical social workers for a broader range of patient services?

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Sponsor · R-VA-2

Jennifer A. Kiggans

Citizen cosponsors

In Congress

3/ 435

House Reps cosponsoring

Introduced 2025-06-26

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Legislative timeline

2025-06-26 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-06-26 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-06-26 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-06-26 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House

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