Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2020
Latest action · Dec 24, 2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 580.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 20, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2020
This bill permanently excludes mental health services that are furnished via telehealth from certain originating site requirements under Medicare. Under current law, these telehealth services are excluded from such requirements through the end of the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 20, 2019 to Jul 20, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Original | Nov 20, 2019 |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | May 15, 2020 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Jul 20, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Nov 20, 2019Markup Jul 15, 2020Reported Dec 24, 2020 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Nov 21, 2019Discharged Jul 15, 2020 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Nov 20, 2019Discharged Dec 24, 2020 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 24, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-697, Part I.
- Dec 24, 2020Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
- Dec 24, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 580.
- Jul 15, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 15, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Dec 7, 2020H.R. 5201, Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2020As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 15, 2020
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 186, November 20, 2019, page H9122.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-117 | HIGH ANXIETY AND STRESS: LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH DURING CRISIS290 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jun 30, 2020 |
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2741 | CONNECT for Health Act of 2019 | Related bill | Oct 30, 2019 |
| S 4796 | Fair Care Act of 2020 | Related bill | Oct 5, 2020 |
| HR 4932 | CONNECT for Health Act of 2019 | Related bill | Nov 1, 2019 |
| HR 8527 | Fair Care Act of 2020 | Related bill | Oct 2, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage under the Medicare program of certain mental health telehealth services, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 24, 2020Reported in House
- Nov 20, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
