HR 4619 · in committee · significant
Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2025
- healthcare
What this bill does
- This bill removes Medicare's 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services.
- Medicare beneficiaries who need long-term psychiatric hospitalization are affected.
- The change takes effect upon enactment with no specified federal spending limit.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would removing the 190-day lifetime limit affect Medicare's total spending on psychiatric hospitalizations, and what is the estimated cost impact?
- 02
What evidence exists that the current 190-day limit causes Medicare beneficiaries to be discharged prematurely or prevents access to necessary psychiatric care?
- 03
Which populations of Medicare beneficiaries would benefit most from this change, and could it create disparities in psychiatric treatment access?
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Sponsor · D-NY-20
Paul Tonko
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House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-07-22
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Legislative timeline
2025-07-22 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2025-07-22 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-07-22 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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