US Congress Senate Bill 3792 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on May 21 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires private health insurance plans that cover in-person mental health or substance use disorder services to cover such services on equal terms via telehealth (i.e., information technology used to aid treatment and diagnosis at a physical distance) during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Specifically, this bill requires, among other things, plans to cover such telehealth services at the same rate as in-person services, exclude charges for facility fees, and provide information about how to access such services.

Tele-Mental Health Improvement Act

Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-21	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB8060 (Related) 2020-08-14 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3792/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3792/BILLS-116s3792is.pdf