Telemental Health Parity Act of 2022
This bill requires private health insurance plans to apply benefits for mental health or substance use disorder services that are furnished via telehealth in the same manner as those services that are furnished in person.
Under current mental health parity rules, insurance plans that provide benefits for mental health or substance use disorder services are generally required to make those benefits comparable to the benefits the plan provides for medical and surgical care.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8229 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8229
To clarify the applicability of certain parity provisions to mental
health and substance use disorder telehealth benefits.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 24, 2022
Ms. Manning (for herself, Ms. Matsui, and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and
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
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A BILL
To clarify the applicability of certain parity provisions to mental
health and substance use disorder telehealth benefits.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Telemental Health Parity Act of
2022''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFYING THE APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PARITY PROVISIONS TO
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TELEHEALTH
BENEFITS.
The provisions of sections 2726 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 300gg-26), 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1185a), and 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 shall apply to benefits for mental health or substance use
disorder services furnished via telehealth in the same manner as such
provisions apply to benefits for mental health or substance use
disorder services that are furnished in-person.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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.
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