S 3917
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Congressional oversight
Forests, forestry, trees
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mental health
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Performance measurement
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication
Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2020
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 9, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 9, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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