Healthcare Extension and Accessibility for Developmentally Disabled and Underserved Population Act

Representative Seth Mouton (D-MA-6), Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1), Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6), and Representative Joseph Morelle (D-NY-25) introduced the Healthcare Extension and Accessibility for Developmentally Disabled and Underserved Population Act (HEADs UP Act) (H.R. 3380).  The bill directs the Health Services and Resources Administration in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to designate people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) as a Medically Underserved Population. This designation will give people with I/DD access to new primary care and specialist services, incentivize new research, and authorize more favorable reimbursement rates for provider who treat those with I/DD.  Read the press release from Representative Moulton.