Sec. 2. Flexibility for mental health condition certifications under the World Trade Center Health Program
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Section 3305(a) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300mm–4(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting subject to paragraph (6), before for ; and by adding at the end the following: For purposes of an initial health evaluation described in paragraph (1)(A) with respect to a mental health condition (including any such evaluation provided under section 3321(b) or through the nationwide network under section 3313), such evaluation may be conducted by a physician or any other licensed mental health provider in a category of mental health care providers determined by the WTC Program Administrator under subparagraph (B).
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2024 , the WTC Program Administrator shall issue regulations for the categories of licensed mental health providers who, in addition to licensed physicians, may conduct evaluations under subparagraph
(A)with respect to a mental health condition and make determinations under section 3312(b) with respect to such a condition. . Section 3312(b) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300mm–22(b) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)(A)— in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking physician and inserting physician (or, in the case of a mental health condition, a physician or any other qualified mental health provider) ; and in clause (i), by striking physician and inserting physician or other qualified mental health provider ; in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A)— in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking physician and inserting physician (or, in the case of a mental health condition, a physician or any other qualified mental health provider) ; in clause (i), by striking physician and inserting physician or other qualified mental health provider ; and in clause (ii), by striking such physician's determination and inserting the determination of such physician or other qualified mental health provider ; and in subparagraph (B)— in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking physician determinations and inserting determinations by physicians (or, in the case of a mental health condition, physicians or other qualified mental health providers) ; and in clause (i), by striking physician panel and inserting panel of physicians (or, in the case of a mental health condition, physicians or other qualified mental health providers) ; in paragraph (5), by striking examining physician and inserting examining physician (or, in the case of a mental health condition, examining physician or other qualified mental health provider) ; and by adding at the end the following: qualified mental health provider For purposes of this subsection, the term qualified mental health provider means a licensed mental health provider in a category determined by the WTC Program Administrator under section 3305(a)(6)(B). .
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- 42 USC 300mm–4(a)
- 42 USC 300mm–22(b)
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Flexibility for mental health condition certifications under the World Trade Center Health Program
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