,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dife  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bg1
 #bjbb,mr4 ,sullivan introduced the     
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to remove    
in-person requirements under ,medicare  
for mental health services furnished    
through telehealth and                  
telecommunications technology4  #a4     
,removing the in-person requirements    
under ,medicare for mental health       
services furnished through telehealth   
and telecommunications technology  7a7  
,removing in-,person requirements for   
mental health services furnished through
 telehealth ,section #ahcd7m77#g7 of the
 ,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4  
#aciem7m77#g77 is amended to read as    
follows3  7#g7 ,treatment of substance  
use disorder services and mental health 
services furnished through telehealth   
,the geographic requirements described  

in paragraph 7#d77;,c77i7 shall not     
apply with respect to telehealth        
services furnished on or after ,july #a1
 #bjai1 to an eligible telehealth       
individual with a substance use disorder
 diagnosis for purposes of treatment of 
such disorder or co-occurring mental    
health disorder1 as determined by the   
,secretary1 or1 on or after the first   
day after the end of 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 at an originating    
site described in paragraph             
7#d77;,c77ii7 7other than an originating
 site described in subclause 7,,ix7 of  
such paragraph7 or1 for the period for  
which clause 7iii7 of paragraph         
7#d77;,c7 applies1 at any site described
 in such clause4  4  7b7 ,mental health 
visits furnished by rural health clinics
 ,section #ahcd7y7 of the ,social       

,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciem7y77
 is amended-- 7#a7 in the heading1 by   
striking to hospice patients2 and  7#b7 
in paragraph 7#b71 by striking prior to 
the day that is the #aebnd day after the
 end of the emergency period described  
in section #aace7;g77#a77;,b774  7c7    
,mental health visits furnished by      
federally qualified health centers      
,section #ahcd7o77#d7 of the ,social    
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#aciem7o77#d7 is amended-- 7#a7 in the  
heading1 by striking to hospice         
patients2 and  7#b7 in subparagraph     
7,b71 by striking prior to the day that 
is the #aebnd day after the end of the  
emergency period described in section   
#aace7;g77#a77;,b774