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HR 4619 · in committee · significant

Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2025

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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  1. 01

    How would removing the 190-day lifetime limit affect Medicare's total spending on psychiatric hospitalizations, and what is the estimated cost impact?

  2. 02

    What evidence exists that the current 190-day limit causes Medicare beneficiaries to be discharged prematurely or prevents access to necessary psychiatric care?

  3. 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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Introduced 2025-07-22

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-07-22 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

  2. 2025-07-22 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-07-22 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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