,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebja  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #bj1       
#bjai,ms4 ,matsui 7for herself and ,mr4 
,johnson of ,ohio7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
,ways and ,means1 for a period to be    
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to provide   
coverage under the ,medicare program of 
certain mental health telehealth        
services1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,telemental ,health ,expansion ,act 
of #bjai4  #b4 ,expanding the use of    
telehealth for mental health services   
7a7 ,in general ,section #ahcd7m7 of the
 ,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4  
#aciem7m77 is amended--  7#a7 in        

paragraph 7#d77;,c77i71 by striking and 
7#g7 and inserting 7#g71 and 7#h72 and  
7#b7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#h7 ,treatment of mental health      
services furnished through telehealth   
,the geographic requirements described  
in paragraph 7#d77;,c77i7 7other than   
applicable ,state law requirements1     
including ,state licensure requirements7
 shall not apply with respect to        
telehealth services that are mental     
health services 7as determined by the   
,secretary7 furnished on or after       
,january #a1 #bjba1 to an eligible      
telehealth individual at an originating 
site described in paragraph             
7#d77;,c77ii7 7other than an originating
 site described in subclause 7,,ix7 of  
such paragraph74  4  7b7 ,inclusion of  
the home as an originating site ,section
 #ahcd7m77#d77;,c77ii77,x7 of such ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4                          
#aciem7m77#d77;,c77ii77,x77 is amended  
by striking paragraph 7#g7 and inserting
 paragraphs 7#g7 and 7#h74  7c7         

,additional services ,as part of the    
implementation of the amendments made by
 this section1 the ,secretary of ,health
 and ,human ,services shall consider    
whether additional services should be   
added to the services specified in      
paragraph 7#d77;,f77i7 of section       
#ahcd7m7 of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#aciem7 for authorized payment under    
paragraph 7#a7 of such section4