118th Congress Health
H.R. 6534: Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2023
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Summary
This bill establishes a grant program to fund demonstration projects to provide in-home mental health and substance use services to medically underserved individuals in rural areas or in the farming, fishing, and forestry industries.
Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must award grants to public or nonprofit telemental health provider networks to deliver, and evaluate the impact of, home-based telemental health and substance use services for such individuals. HHS must consult with the Rural Health Liaison of the Department of Agriculture on the grants.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Diana Harshbarger R-TNOriginal
- Jill Tokuda D-HI
- Grace Napolitano D-CA
- Eleanor Norton D-DC
- Marcus Molinaro R-NY
Who scored on this bill
- 1Andrea Salinas SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Andrea Salinas.
Show the full action history (4 actions)
- Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6157)
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.