,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjaa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #aj1     
#bjbe,mr4 ,cassidy 7for himself and ,ms4
 ,smith7 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 ensure coverage of    
mental and behavioral health services   
furnished through telehealth4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,telemental ,health ,care ,access   
,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,ensuring coverage  
for mental and behavioral health        
services furnished through telehealth   
7a7 ,in general ,section #ahcd7m77#g7 of
 the ,social ,security ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #aciem7m77#g77 is amended--   
7#a7 by striking mental health services 
and all that follows through ,the       
geographic and inserting mental and     
behavioral health services furnished    
through telehealth4--,the geographic2   
7#b7 by striking subject to subparagraph

 7,b712  7#c7 by inserting 1 or for the 
provision of behavioral health services 
after or treatment of a mental health   
disorder2 and  7#d7 by striking         
subparagraph 7,b74  7b7 ,effective date 
,the amendments made by subsection 7a7  
shall take effect as if included in the 
enactment of section #abc of division   
,,cc of the ,consolidated               
,appropriations ,act1 #bjba 7,public    
,law #aaf-bfj74