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Under committee review
What it doesSummary reported to house, part i (Dec 24, 2020)
Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2020
This bill permanently excludes mental health services that are furnished via telehealth from certain originating site requirements under Medicare. Under current law, these telehealth services are excluded from such requirements through the end of the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
What just happenedDec 24, 2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 580.
Who’s behind it
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 580.
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-697, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-697, Part I.
Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2020
This bill permanently excludes mental health services that are furnished via telehealth from certain originating site requirements under Medicare. Under current law, these telehealth services are excluded from such requirements through the end of the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2019
This bill modifies requirements relating to coverage of mental health telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill removes restrictions that require the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) to be in a rural area, and allows the home of a beneficiary to serve as the originating site for such services.