Telemental Health Parity Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8229
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Manning, Kathy E. [D-NC-6]
Introduced: 2022-06-24
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Telemental Health Parity Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill requires private health insurance plans to apply benefits for mental health or substance use disorder services that are furnished via telehealth in the same manner as those services that are furnished in person.</p> <p>Under current mental health parity rules, insurance plans that provide benefits for mental health or substance use disorder services are generally required to make those benefits comparable to the benefits the plan provides for medical and surgical care.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8229 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 24, 2022 Ms. Manning (for herself, Ms. Matsui , and Mr. Fitzpatrick ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor , and 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 clarify the applicability of certain parity provisions to mental health and substance use disorder telehealth benefits.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Telemental Health Parity Act of 2022 . 2. Clarifying the applicability of certain parity provisions to mental health and substance use disorder telehealth benefits The provisions of sections 2726 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–26 ), 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1185a ), and 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall apply to benefits for mental health or substance use disorder services furnished via telehealth in the same manner as such provisions apply to benefits for mental health or substance use disorder services that are furnished in-person.