Require Medicare to cover crisis response services and ambulance transport for people experiencing mental health or substance use crises.

The bill would add crisis response services to Medicare coverage and require coverage for ambulance and other qualified emergency transport services for individuals experiencing a mental health or substance crisis to appropriate crisis response facilities.

Adam Smith cosponsored legislation requiring Medicare coverage for crisis response services and related emergency transportation beginning three years after enactment.

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