,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hhd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #cj1        
#bjai,ms4 ,judy ,chu of ,california 7for
 herself1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,missouri1 ,ms4
 ,schakowsky1 and ,mr4 ,mullin7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce1 and in addition to the   
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 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 provide for treatment 
of clinical psychologists as physicians 
for purposes of furnishing clinical     
psychologist services under the         
,medicare program4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,medicare
 ,mental ,health ,access ,act4  #b4     
,treatment of clinical psychologists as 
physicians for purposes of furnishing   

clinical psychologist services  7a7 ,in 
general ,the first sentence of section  
#ahfa7r7 of the ,social ,security ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciex7r77 is amended--  
7#a7 by striking or before 7#e72 and    
7#b7 by inserting before the period the 
following3 1 or 7#f7 a clinical         
psychologist1 but only with respect to  
the furnishing of qualified psychologist
 services described in subsection 7ii7  
for which the psychologist is legally   
authorized to perform by the ,state and 
who is acting within the scope of the   
psychologist's license 7or other        
authorization under ,state law74  7b7   
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
subsection 7a7 shall apply to items and 
services furnished on or after ,january 
#a1 #bjbj4