S 3937 United States Senate · 117th Congress

Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2022

Summary

Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2022 This bill establishes a grant program to fund demonstration projects to provide mental health services to medically underserved individuals in rural areas or in the farming, fishing, and forestry industries. Specifically, the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth within the Health Resources and Services Administration must award grants to public or nonprofit telemental health provider networks to deliver, and evaluate the impact of, home-based telemental services for such individuals. The office must coordinate activities with the Rural Health Liaison of the Department of Agriculture.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Mar 2022

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Introduced Mar 28, 2022 Last action Mar 28, 2022

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Mar 28, 2022

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Mar 28, 2022

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1 primary · 3 co-sponsors