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Tele-Mental Health Improvement Act

Introduced: March 10, 2021 Introduced by: Smith, Tina Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Mar 10, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 10, 2021
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tele-Mental Health Improvement Act

This bill requires private health insurance plans that cover in-person mental health or substance use disorder services to cover such services on equal terms via telehealth (i.e., information technology used to aid treatment and diagnosis at a physical distance) during and shortly after the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Specifically, this bill requires plans to, among other things, cover these services at the same rate as in-person services, exclude charges for facility fees, and provide information about how to access these services. Additionally, providers of these services may not charge facility fees to plan enrollees.

What's happening now March 10, 2021

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

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3