3.0.0 4103 2023-01-11T13:46:07Z 2023-01-11T13:46:07Z Senate S 2020-06-30 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-30T17:47:29Z TREATS Act 116 7593 HR 2020-07-13 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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. Identical bill CRS Telehealth Act 116 7992 HR 2020-10-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS CARA 2.0 Act of 2020 116 5000 S 2020-12-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2020-06-30 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-06-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2020-06-30 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-10-22 False Health Drug therapy Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Health technology, devices, supplies Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Prescription drugs Telephone and wireless communication Health 00 2020-06-30 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-19T15:52:24Z Telehealth Response for E-prescribing Addiction Therapy Services Act or the TREATS Act

This bill modifies requirements relating to coverage of certain telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill permanently allows telehealth services for substance-use disorders to be provided via audio-only technology, if a physician or practitioner has already conducted an in-person or video telehealth evaluation. Schedule III or IV controlled substances may also be prescribed online if a practitioner has conducted a telehealth evaluation with video.

]]> TREATS Act Display Title TREATS Act Short Title(s) as Introduced TREATS Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Telehealth Response for E-prescribing Addiction Therapy Services Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the use of telehealth for substance use disorder treatment, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4103is/xml/BILLS-116s4103is.xml 2020-06-30 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.