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Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2023

Introduced: November 30, 2023 Introduced by: Salinas, Andrea Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 6, 2023
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6157)
Dec 1, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 30, 2023
Introduced in House
Nov 30, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2023

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

Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must award grants to public or nonprofit telemental health provider networks to deliver, and evaluate the impact of, home-based telemental health and substance use services for such individuals. HHS must consult with the Rural Health Liaison of the Department of Agriculture on the grants.

What's happening now December 6, 2023

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6157)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1077 Related bill Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2023
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 1
Molinaro, Marcus
· Sep 12, 2024
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 29, 2024
Napolitano, Grace
· Feb 6, 2024
 D
Tokuda, Jill N.
Hawaii · Dec 5, 2023
 R
Harshbarger, Diana
Tennessee · Nov 30, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6534: Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6534/
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"H.R. 6534: Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6534/.
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H.R. 6534, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6534/.
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