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H.R. 4185 · 119th Congress

Integrating Social Workers Across Health Care Settings Act

IntroducedHealth
IntroducedJun 26, 2025
Passed HouseNot yet
Passed SenateNot yet
To PresidentNot yet
Became lawNot yet

Where it stands

Introduced. Latest step, Jun 26, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means. It would change 1 section of existing law.

How this bill changes the law

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H.R. 4185 would change 1 section of existing law. Read from the bill text as introduced in the House (Jun 26, 2025).

42 U.S.C. 1395x Definitions

  • (hh) Clinical social worker; clinical social worker services changed · Sec. 2(a) · see the words
What the words would change: every change, in place (2)

Today's wording of each part of the law, with what would be struck out and added. Each change also gives the bill's own instruction, word for word.

  1. 42 U.S.C. 1395x(hh)(2)changedby H.R. 4185 Sec. 2(a)

    The bill says: by inserting "(and services and supplies furnished as an incident to such services)" before "performed by"; and

    Bill text · Current law (42 U.S.C. 1395x)

  2. 42 U.S.C. 1395x(hh)(2)changedby H.R. 4185 Sec. 2(a)

    The bill says: by striking "for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses".

    Bill text · Current law (42 U.S.C. 1395x)

From the bill's official text on GovInfo and the U.S. Code, 2024 edition, which may not yet show changes made since.

What it does

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Integrating Social Workers Across Health Care Settings Act

This bill expands the scope of services that may be performed by clinical social workers under Medicare. Specifically, the bill allows clinical social workers to furnish any services that they are authorized to furnish under state law, rather than only services that relate to diagnosing or treating mental illnesses.

Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jun 26, 2025).

Our plain-language breakdown, with what it means for you and the case for and against, is written once a bill starts to move.

What has happened

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  1. Jun 26, 2025Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means.House floor actions
  2. Jun 26, 2025Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means.House floor actions
  3. Jun 26, 2025Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress
  4. Jun 26, 2025Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

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Cosponsors

  • Danny K. Davis D-IL-7
  • Adelita S. Grijalva D-AZ-7
  • Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC-At Large
  • Brittany Pettersen D-CO-7
  • Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL-9
  • Terri A. Sewell D-AL-7