PEERS Act of 2025
The PEERS Act of 2025 requires Medicare to cover peer support services provided by certified specialists at community mental health centers, rural health clinics, and other specified facilities. It directly affects Medicare beneficiaries with mental health or substance use disorders who receive these services, and providers like community mental health centers that will now bill Medicare for this care. The bill defines peer support services as non-clinical assistance focused on recovery, community integration, and self-empowerment, delivered by individuals certified after recovering from similar conditions. Coverage begins January 1, 2027.
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Introduction
Dec 2025
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Introduced Dec 18, 2025
Last action Dec 18, 2025
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Dec 18, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Dec 18, 2025
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1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
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Party
State
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P
Judy Chu
DDemocratic
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Adrian Smith
RRepublican
Co
Thomas H. Kean, Jr.
RRepublican
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