,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aefd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #f1 #bjai,mr4 
,hastings 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,jackson   
,lee1 and ,mrs4 ,dingell7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and 
in addition to the ,committee on ,energy
 and ,commerce1 for a period to be      
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to stabilize 
and modernize the provision of partial  
hospitalization services under the      
,medicare ,program1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,outpatient ,mental 
,health ,modernization ,act of #bjai4   
#b4 ,allowable partial hospitalization  
services  7a7 ,in general ,section      
#ahfa7;ff77#b7 of the ,social ,security 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciex7ff77#b77 is  

amended--  7#a7 in subparagraph 7,h7 by 
striking 1 and at the end2  7#b7 by     
redesignating subparagraph 7,i7 as      
subparagraph 7,k72  7#c7 in subparagraph
 7,k71 as redesignated by paragraph     
7#b71 by striking 7but in no event to   
include meals and transportation72  7#d7
 by inserting after subparagraph 7,h7   
the following new subparagraphs3  7,i7  
nutritional planning1 meals1 and        
transportation1  7,j7 vocational and    
employment counseling services1 and  2  
and  7#e7 by adding at the end the      
following new sentence3 ,the guidelines 
established under the preceding sentence
 shall not allow for nutritional        
planning1 meals1 and transportation to  
be considered as meeting the minimum    
number of services requirement in order 
to receive payment for such items and   
services44  7b7 ,effective date ,the    
amendments made by this section shall   
apply to services furnished on or after 
,january #a1 #bjbj4  #c4 ,behavioral    
,health ,advisory ,committee  7a7 ,in   

general ,not later than ,january #a1    
#bjbj1 the ,secretary of ,health and    
,human ,services shall convene a        
,behavioral ,health ,advisory ,committee
 7in this section referred to as the    
,advisory ,committee7 composed of       
stakeholders in the behavioral health   
community4  7b7 ,duties ,the ,advisory  
,committee shall address issues relating
 to-- 7#a7 discrimination against the   
chronically mentally ill1 elderly1 and  
,united ,states veterans as it relates  
to receiving treatment for mental       
illness2  7#b7 the establishment of     
conditions of participation for         
community mental health centers 7as     
defined in paragraph 7#c77;,b7 of       
section #ahfa7;ff7 of the ,social       
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#aciex7ff777 that provide partial       
hospitalization services 7as defined in 
paragraph 7#a7 of such section7 under   
the ,medicare program under title       
,,xviii of such ,act2 and  7#c7 other   
matters to be determined jointly by the 

,secretary and the ,advisory ,committee4
  7c7 ,implementation ,not later than   
,january #a1 #bjbc1 the ,secretary of   
,health and ,human ,services1 in        
consultation with the ,advisory         
,committee1 shall implement conditions  
of participation for community mental   
health centers 7as so defined7 that     
provide partial hospitalization services
 7as so defined7 under the ,medicare    
program under title ,,xviii of the      
,social ,security ,act4