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HR 8229 117th Congress House Health

Telemental Health Parity Act of 2022

Introduced: August 5, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Jun 24, 2022
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.
Jun 24, 2022
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Telemental Health Parity Act of 2022

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.

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.

What's happening now June 24, 2022

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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 21
All 21 Democratic 17 Republican 1
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Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Dec 23, 2022
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Lieu, Ted
California · Nov 29, 2022
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Nov 29, 2022
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Nov 3, 2022
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Oct 18, 2022
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Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Oct 18, 2022
Kuster, Ann
· Oct 18, 2022
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Torres, Norma J.
California · Oct 18, 2022
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Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Oct 7, 2022
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Carter, Troy A.
Louisiana · Oct 7, 2022
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Casten, Sean
Illinois · Oct 7, 2022
Napolitano, Grace
· Oct 7, 2022
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 7, 2022
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Strickland, Marilyn
Washington · Oct 7, 2022
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Williams, Nikema
Georgia · Oct 7, 2022
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Sep 20, 2022
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Sep 20, 2022
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Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Sep 20, 2022
Wild, Susan
· Aug 5, 2022
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jun 24, 2022
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Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jun 24, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8229: Telemental Health Parity Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8229/
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"H.R. 8229: Telemental Health Parity Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8229/.
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H.R. 8229, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8229/.
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