S 1077
118th 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, 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 2023
Introduced: March 30, 2023
Introduced by:
Rounds, Mike
Republican
· South Dakota
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 30, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 30, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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