H.R. 831: 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 Program.

H.R. 831: 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 Program.

112th Congress · introduced 2011-02-28 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-02-28 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

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 Program.

Plain summary

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to treat as a physician, for Medicare purposes, a clinical psychologist acting within the scope of a psychologist's license (or other state law authorization), but only with respect to the furnishing of clinical psychologists services which the psychologist is legally authorized to perform by the state.

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Official text

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 Program.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · 49 cosponsors

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Judy Chu (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Kathy Castor (D-FL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] reported raising $415,385 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Securities: Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr831.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>

Record fed-us-cong112-hr831 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112