Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5201
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2019-11-20
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access

Health technology, devices, supplies

Home and outpatient care

Medicare

Mental health
Latest action: action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 580.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-11-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2019</b></p> <p>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.</p>

action_date: 2020-12-24
action_desc: Reported to House, Part I
text: <p><b>Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2020</b></p> <p>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).</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5201 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 20, 2019 Ms. Matsui (for herself and Mr. Johnson of Ohio ) introduced the following bill; which was 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 A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage under the Medicare program of certain mental health telehealth services, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2019 . 2. Expanding the use of telehealth for mental health services (a) In general Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (4)(C)(i), by striking and (7) and inserting (7), and (8) ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (8) Treatment of mental health services furnished through telehealth The geographic requirements described in paragraph (4)(C)(i) (other than applicable State law requirements, including State licensure requirements) shall not apply with respect to telehealth services that are mental health services (as determined by the Secretary) furnished on or after January 1, 2021, to an eligible telehealth individual at an originating site described in paragraph (4)(C)(ii) (other than an originating site described in subclause (IX) of such paragraph). . (b) Inclusion of the home as an originating site Section 1834(m)(4)(C)(ii)(X) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)(C)(ii)(X) ) is amended by striking paragraph (7) and inserting paragraphs (7) and (8) . (c) Additional services As part of the implementation of the amendments made by this section, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall consider whether additional services should be added to the services specified in paragraph (4)(F)(i) of section 1834(m) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m ) for authorized payment under paragraph (1) of such section.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 580 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5201 [Report No. 116–697, Part I] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 20, 2019 Ms. Matsui (for herself and Mr. Johnson of Ohio ) introduced the following bill; which was 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 December 24, 2020 Additional sponsors: Mr. Trone and Mr. Luján December 24, 2020 Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic December 24, 2020 Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 20, 2019 A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage under the Medicare program of certain mental health telehealth services, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2020 . 2. Expanding the use of telehealth for certain mental health services (a) In general Section 1834(m)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.1395m(m)(7)) is amended— (1) in the heading, by inserting and certain mental health services after disorder services ; and (2) by inserting or on or after the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), to an eligible telehealth individual for purposes of diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of a mental health disorder, as determined by the Secretary, after as determined by the Secretary, . (b) Implementation Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement the amendments made by this section by interim final rule, program instruction, or otherwise.

December 24, 2020 Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment December 24, 2020 Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed