,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ehj #aafth  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #ebja
 ,report ,no4 #aaf-fig1 ,part ,i ,,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  ,december #bd1     
#bjbj;,additional sponsors3 ,mr4 ,trone 
and ,mr4 ,lujn  ,december #bd1          
#bjbj,reported from the ,committee on   
,energy and ,commerce with an           
amendment,strike out all after the      
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic  ,december #bd1       
#bjbj;,committee on ,ways and ,means    
discharged2 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   

the ,union and ordered to be printed,for
 text of introduced bill1 see copy of   
bill as introduced on ,november #bj1    
#bjai  ,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 #bjbj4  #b4          
,expanding the use of telehealth for    
certain mental health services  7a7 ,in 
general ,section #ahcd7m77#g7 of the    
,social ,security ,act 7#db             
,u4,s4,c4#aciem7m77#g77 is amended--    
7#a7 in the heading1 by inserting and   
certain mental health services after    
disorder services2 and  7#b7 by         
inserting or on or after the emergency  
period described in section             
#aace7;g77#a77;,b71 to an eligible      
telehealth individual for purposes of   
diagnosis1 evaluation1 or treatment of a
 mental health disorder1 as determined  

by the ,secretary1 after as determined  
by the ,secretary1 4  7b7               
,implementation ,notwithstanding any    
other provision of law1 the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services may     
implement the amendments made by this   
section by interim final rule1 program  
instruction1 or otherwise4  ,december   
#bd1 #bjbj,reported from the ,committee 
on ,energy and ,commerce with an        
amendment,december #bd1 #bjbj;,committee
 on ,ways and ,means discharged2        
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed