,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fibf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ai1 #bjbj,mr4  
,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of ,pennsylvania    
7for himself and ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend     
title ,,xix of the ,social ,security    
,act to provide coverage and payment    
under title ,,xix of the ,social        
,security ,act for services furnished to
 individuals who are patients in        
institutions for mental diseases during 
the ,,covid-#ai emergency period and    
#ahj-;days thereafter1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,meeting ,,imd      
,needs with ,direction ,act or ,,mind   
,act4  #b4 ,coverage and payment under  
,medicaid for services furnished to     
certain individuals who are patients in 
institutions for mental diseases during 
the ,,covid-#ai emergency period and    
#ahj-;days thereafter ,section #aije7;a7

 of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #acif;d7a77 is amended-- 7#a7 
in paragraph 7#a71 by inserting 1       
provided1 however1 that this exclusion  
for services in an institution for      
mental diseases does not apply to       
services furnished to any individual    
during the period beginning on the first
 day of the emergency period described  
in section #aace7;g77#a77;,b7 and ending
 on the last day of the #ahj-;day period
 succeeding such emergency7 after       
diseases2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#cj77;,b71
 by inserting provided1 however1 that   
this subparagraph 7,b7 does not apply to
 services furnished to any such         
individual during the period beginning  
on the first day of the emergency period
 described in section #aace7;g77#a77;,b7
 and ending on the last day of the      
#ahj-;day period succeeding such        
emergency after section #aiae7l772 and  
7#c7 by adding at the end of the flush  
left matter succeeding paragraph 7#cj7  
the following new sentence3 ,all other  

laws in this title are hereby repealed1 
to the extent that they exclude services
 7or payment for services7 in an        
institution for mental diseases         
furnished to any individual during the  
period beginning on the first day of the
 emergency period described in section  
#aace7;g77#a77;,b7 and ending on the    
last day of the #ahj-;day period        
succeeding such emergency44