118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1077 — Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2023

“A 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.”

Health

Introduced Mar 30, 2023

Last action Mar 30, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

Step 1

Introduced

Mar 30, 2023

Step 2

Referred

Mar 30, 2023

HELP

Step 3

Committee

Step 4

Senate

Step 5

House floor

Step 6

Resolve Changes

Step 7

Signed

SummaryCRS 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.

Provisions · 3 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Mar 30, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Mar 30, 2023

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