3.0.0 2901 2023-01-11T13:42:29Z 2023-01-11T13:42:29Z Senate S 2018-05-22 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-05-22T19:12:27Z 2018-05-22 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2018-05-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. N W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2018-05-22 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2018-05-22 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2018-05-22 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2018-05-22 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2018-05-22 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2018-05-22 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2018-05-22 True H001079 Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] Cindy Hyde-Smith R MS 2018-05-22 True Health Congressional oversight Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Emergency medical services and trauma care Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health technology, devices, supplies Medicare Health 00 2018-05-22 Introduced in Senate 2018-09-11T21:11:01Z Expanding Telehealth Response to Ensure Addiction Treatment Act or the eTREAT Act

This bill expands the availability of substance use disorder telehealth services under Medicare. Under current law, telehealth services are generally covered under Medicare only if such services are received by beneficiaries at specified types of sites that are located in rural areas. The bill exempts substance use disorder telehealth services from these requirements.

]]> eTREAT Act Display Title eTREAT Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the use of telehealth services for the treatment of opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced eTREAT Act Short Titles as Introduced Expanding Telehealth Response to Ensure Addiction Treatment Act Introduced in Senate 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2901is/xml/BILLS-115s2901is.xml 2018-05-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.