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Contact Congress about H.R. 5944: Lets Medicaid pay (with federal match) for more IMD inpatient mental health care starting 2027

Starting January 1, 2027, states could claim federal Medicaid matching funds for covered services provided in IMDs (inpatient psychiatric facilities), if the state chooses to cover them. The bill gets there mostly by deleting legal phrases and an entire paragraph in the Social Security Act that currently block that funding.

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Bill: H.R. 5944
Where it stands: Restoring Inpatient Mental Health Access Act of 2025 is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

What this bill would do

Removes Medicaid-law carve-outs that currently block federal matching dollars from paying for many services provided in IMDs (inpatient mental health facilities).
Deletes paragraph (14) from Social Security Act section 1905(a), removing a set of special IMD-related rules from the Medicaid benefit list.
Edits several benefit categories in Social Security Act section 1905(a) to remove the “other than services in an institution for mental diseases” wording, so IMD services can qualify for Medicaid coverage and the federal matching payment.
Cuts back an existing IMD-related exception by adding a date so it only covers services provided before January 1, 2027 (in section 1905(a)(B)).

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Contact Congress about H.R. 5944: Lets Medicaid pay (with federal match) for more IMD inpatient mental health care starting 2027

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