HR 5201
116th Congress
House
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Mental health
Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2020
Introduced: November 20, 2019
Introduced by:
Matsui, Doris O.
Democratic
· California
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Everywhere this bill has been
10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 24, 2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 580.
Dec 24, 2020
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Dec 24, 2020
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-697, Part I.
Jul 15, 2020
Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
Jul 15, 2020
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jul 15, 2020
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 30, 2020
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Nov 21, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 20, 2019
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.
Nov 20, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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's happening now
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 580.
Committees of jurisdiction
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