To establish a home-based telemental health care demonstration program for purposes of increasing mental health and substance use services in rural medically underserved populations and for individuals in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To establish a home-based telemental health care demonstration program for purposes of increasing mental health and substance use services in rural medically underserved populations and for individuals in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Agriculture.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H0674CB7CF50B4D8BABD69126E7D76F3A: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2023.
- Section H434E6F20638147259FB15D87C3FDA1C5: 2. Findings Congress finds as follows: According to a 2020 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, titled Mental Health, Substance Use and...
- Section HFE05884EE11F4DACBF2047C127BA48CB: 3. Mental health and substance use services delivered to rural underserved populations via telemental health care Title III of the Public Health Service Act is...
- Section H80E06D2369FB4EDC8AD7841C31CF5C5B: 330K–1. Mental health and substance use services delivered to rural underserved populations via telemental health care In this section— the term covered...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To establish a home-based telemental health care demonstration program for purposes of increasing mental health and substance use services in rural medically underserved populations and for individuals in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Government Operations, Agriculture
Primary Purpose
This bill, To establish a home-based telemental health care demonstration program for purposes of increasing mental health and substance use services in rural medically underserved populations and for individuals in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Salinas (for herself and Mrs. Harshbarger) introduced the following …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a psychiatrist, a qualified mental health professional (as defined in section 330K), or another mental health professional acting under the direction of a psychiatrist
a psychiatrist, a qualified mental health professional (as defined in section 330K), or another mental health professional acting under the direction of a psychiatrist
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