3.0.0 3999 2023-01-11T13:46:13Z 2023-01-11T13:46:13Z Senate S 2020-06-18 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-18T19:02:48Z 2020-06-18 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-06-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. N Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2020-06-18 True J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2020-07-20 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2020-07-23 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-09-24 False Health Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health technology, devices, supplies Home and outpatient care Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Medicare Mental health Rural conditions and development Health 00 2020-06-18 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-29T18:44:32Z Mental and Behavioral Health Connectivity Act

This bill modifies requirements relating to coverage of certain telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill excludes mental and behavioral health services from restrictions that (1) require the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) to be in certain rural areas and to be a specific type of facility, (2) allow only certain types of health care practitioners to furnish such services, and (3) require the use of video technology.

]]> Mental and Behavioral Health Connectivity Act Display Title Mental and Behavioral Health Connectivity Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Mental and Behavioral Health Connectivity Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure access to mental health and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth under the Medicare program. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3999is/xml/BILLS-116s3999is.xml 2020-06-18 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.