3.0.0 3917 2023-01-11T13:46:16Z 2023-01-11T13:46:16Z Senate S 2020-06-09 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-09T16:11:04Z 2020-06-09 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-06-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD N S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-06-09 True C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2020-06-09 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2020-06-09 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2020-06-09 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2020-06-09 True H001079 Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] Cindy Hyde-Smith R MS 2020-06-09 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2020-06-09 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2020-06-11 False 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 and video services 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 Health 00 2020-06-09 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-03T17:53:07Z Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2020

This bill establishes a grant program to fund demonstration projects to provide mental health services to medically underserved individuals in rural areas or in the farming, fishing, and forestry industries.

Specifically, the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth within the Health Resources and Services Administration must award grants to public or nonprofit telemental health provider networks to deliver, and evaluate the impact of, home-based telemental services for such individuals. The office must coordinate activities with the Rural Health Liaison of the Department of Agriculture.

]]> Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2020 Display Title Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a home-based telemental health care demonstration program for purposes of increasing mental health services in rural medically underserved populations and for individuals in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3917is/xml/BILLS-116s3917is.xml 2020-06-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.