3.0.0 4039 2022-12-29T23:48:37Z 2022-12-29T23:48:37Z Senate S 2022-04-07 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-04-07T17:46:59Z 2022-04-07 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S2095) IntroReferral 2022-04-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2022-04-07 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2022-04-07 True Health Health 00 2022-04-07 Introduced in Senate 2022-09-20T17:20:39Z Medicaid Ensuring Necessary Telehealth is Available Long-term Health for Kids and Underserved Act or the MENTAL Health for Kids and Underserved Act

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to issues guidance on how states may provide behavioral health services via telehealth under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), including for high-risk individuals and children. The CMS must also report on the impact of such telehealth services on the access, cost, and quality of behavioral health services under Medicaid and CHIP.

]]> MENTAL Health for Kids and Underserved Act Display Title MENTAL Health for Kids and Underserved Act Short Title(s) as Introduced MENTAL Health for Kids and Underserved Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Medicaid Ensuring Necessary Telehealth is Available Long-term Health for Kids and Underserved Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide guidance to States regarding Federal reimbursement for furnishing behavioral health services and treatment under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program using telehealth services, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4039is/xml/BILLS-117s4039is.xml 2022-04-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S2095) 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.