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116TH CONGRESS [REPT. 116-697
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
TELEMENTAL HEALTH EXPANSION ACT OF 2020
DECEMBER 24, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. PALLONE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 5201]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 5201) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act
to provide coverage under the Medicare program of certain mental
health telehealth services, and for other purposes, having consid-
ered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and
recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
I. Purpose and Summary ..................................................................................
II. Background and Need for the Legislation ...................................................
III. Committee Hearings ......................................................................................
IV. Committee Consideration ..............................................................................
V. Committee Votes ............................................................................................
VI. Oversight Findings ........................................................................................
VII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures
VIII. Federal Mandates Statement .......................................................................
IX. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ..........................
X. Duplication of Federal Programs ..................................................................
XI. Committee Cost Estimate .............................................................................
XII. Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ..................
XIII. Advisory Committee Statement ....................................................................
XIV. Applicability to Legislative Branch ..............................................................
XV. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ............................................
XVI. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ...........................
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2020.
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