Tele-Mental Health Improvement Act
Latest action · Mar 29, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedMar 26, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 26, 2021 to Jan 18, 2022, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Mar 26, 2021 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | May 7, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Jan 18, 2022 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 26, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 26, 2021Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
- Mar 26, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 660 | Tele-Mental Health Improvement Act | Related bill | Mar 10, 2021 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional oversight
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Mental health
- Telephone and wireless communication
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2021Introduced in House
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