Tele-Mental Health Improvement Act

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 the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Specifically, this bill requires, among other things, plans to cover such telehealth services at the same rate as in-person services, exclude charges for facility fees, and provide information about how to access such services.

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Timeline

1. 21 May 2020

   Introduced

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

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 21 May 2020

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 21 May 2020 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 21 May 2020

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 21 May 2020

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 21 May 2020

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Sponsors

• Tina Smith · D · Sponsor
• Lisa Murkowski · R · Sponsor
• Chris Van Hollen · D · Cosponsor
• Michael Bennet · D · Cosponsor
• Christopher Murphy · D · Cosponsor
• · sshr00 · Standing

Related records

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