House Bill 5201
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House on Nov 20, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
5201
Congress
116
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2019
This bill modifies requirements relating to coverage of mental health telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill removes restrictions that require the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) to be in a rural area, and allows the home of a beneficiary to serve as the originating site for such services.
12/24/2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 580.
12/24/2020
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
12/24/2020
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-697, Part I.
07/15/2020
Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
07/15/2020
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
07/15/2020
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
06/30/2020
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
11/21/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
11/20/2019
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
11/20/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:44:05 PM