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Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2020

Introduced: June 9, 2020 Introduced by: Rounds, Mike Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 9, 2020
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Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2020

This bill establishes a grant program to fund demonstration projects to provide mental health services to medically underserved individuals in rural areas or in the farming, fishing, and forestry industries.

Specifically, the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth within the Health Resources and Services Administration must award grants to public or nonprofit telemental health provider networks to deliver, and evaluate the impact of, home-based telemental services for such individuals. The office must coordinate activities with the Rural Health Liaison of the Department of Agriculture.

What's happening now June 9, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 3 Republican 5
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Jun 11, 2020
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Jun 9, 2020
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jun 9, 2020
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jun 9, 2020
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Jun 9, 2020
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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · Jun 9, 2020
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jun 9, 2020
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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Jun 9, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3917: Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3917/
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"S. 3917: Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3917/.
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