,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ebcf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #d1    
#bjbf,ms4 ,hassan 7for herself and ,mr4 
,cassidy7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill   
,to amend title ,,xix of the ,social    
,security ,act to ensure ,medicaid      
coverage of mental health services and  
primary care services furnished on the  
same day4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,improving          
,coordination and ,access to ,resources 
,equitably for ,youth ,act or the       
,improving ,,care for ,youth ,act4  #b4 
,medicaid coverage of mental health     
services and primary care services      
furnished on the same day  7a7 ,in      
general ,section #aijb7;a7 of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acif;a7a77 is amended-- 7#a7 in        
paragraph 7#hi71 by striking 2 and and  
inserting a semicolon2  7#b7 in         
paragraph 7#ij77;,c71 by striking the   

period at the end and inserting 2 and2  
and  7#c7 by inserting after paragraph  
7#ij77;,c7 the following new paragraph3 
7#ia7 not prohibit payment under the    
plan for a mental health service or     
primary care service furnished to an    
individual for which payment would      
otherwise be payable under the plan1    
with respect to such individual1 if such
 service were not a same-day qualifying 
service 7as defined in subsection 7zz774
  4  7b7 ,same-,day qualifying services 
defined ,section #aijb of the ,social   
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;a7  
is amended by adding at the end the     
following new subsection3  7zz7         
,same-,day qualifying services defined  
,for purposes of subsection 7a77#ia71   
the term same-day qualifying service    
means-- 7#a7 a primary care service     
furnished to an individual by a provider
 at an office1 clinic1 or other         
outpatient facility on the same day a   
mental health service is furnished to   
such individual by such provider 7or    

another provider7 at the same office1   
clinic1 or other outpatient facility2   
and  7#b7 a mental health service       
furnished to an individual by a provider
 at an office1 clinic1 or other         
outpatient facility on the same day a   
primary care service is furnished to    
such individual by such provider 7or    
another provider7 at the office1 clinic1
 or other outpatient facility4  4