| 4 | | - | AN ACT |
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| 6 | + | [Report No. 118–673, Part I] |
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| 7 | + | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Medicare |
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| 8 | + | incident to modifier for mental health services furnished through telehealth. |
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| 9 | + | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | + | APRIL2, 2024 |
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| 11 | + | Mr. J |
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| 12 | + | AMES(for himself, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, and Mr. DAVISof North Carolina) |
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| 13 | + | introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En- |
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| 14 | + | ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and |
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| 15 | + | Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in |
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| 16 | + | each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- |
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| 17 | + | tion of the committee concerned |
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| 18 | + | S |
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| 19 | + | EPTEMBER12, 2024 |
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| 20 | + | Additional sponsor: Mrs. P |
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| 21 | + | ELTOLA |
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| 22 | + | S |
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| 23 | + | EPTEMBER12, 2024 |
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| 24 | + | Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with amendments |
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| 25 | + | [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] |
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| 26 | + | SEPTEMBER12, 2024 |
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| 27 | + | Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of |
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| 28 | + | the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed |
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| 29 | + | [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 2, 2024] |
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| 33 | + | A BILL |
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| 10 | | - | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2 |
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| 12 | | - | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 13 | | - | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Telehealth Enhance-2 |
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| 14 | | - | ment for Mental Health Act of 2024’’ or the ‘‘TELEMH 3 |
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| 15 | | - | Act of 2024’’. 4 |
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| 16 | | - | SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDICARE INCIDENT TO 5 |
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| 17 | | - | MODIFIER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 6 |
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| 18 | | - | FURNISHED THROUGH TELEHEALTH AND 7 |
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| 19 | | - | OTHER TELEHEALTH SERVICES. 8 |
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| 20 | | - | Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act (42 9 |
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| 21 | | - | U.S.C. 1395m(m)) is amended by adding at the end the 10 |
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| 22 | | - | following new paragraph: 11 |
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| 41 | + | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 42 | + | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 43 | + | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Telehealth Enhancement 4 |
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| 44 | + | for Mental Health Act of 2024’’ or the ‘‘TELEMH Act of 5 |
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| 45 | + | 2024’’. 6 |
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| 46 | + | SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDICARE INCIDENT TO MODI-7 |
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| 47 | + | FIER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FUR-8 |
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| 48 | + | NISHED THROUGH TELEHEALTH AND OTHER 9 |
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| 49 | + | TELEHEALTH SERVICES. 10 |
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| 50 | + | Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 11 |
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| 51 | + | 1395m(m)) is amended by adding at the end the following 12 |
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| 52 | + | new paragraph: 13 |
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| 24 | | - | EQUIRED USE OF MODIFIERS IN CER -12 |
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| 25 | | - | TAIN INSTANCES.—Not later than January 1, 2026, 13 |
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| 26 | | - | the Secretary shall establish requirements to include 14 |
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| 27 | | - | a code or modifier, as determined appropriate by the 15 |
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| 28 | | - | Secretary, in the case of claims for telehealth serv-16 |
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| 29 | | - | ices under this subsection that are billed incident to 17 |
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| 30 | | - | a physician’s or practitioner’s professional service.’’. 18 |
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| 31 | | - | Passed the House of Representatives September 17, |
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| 32 | | - | 2024. |
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| 33 | | - | Attest: |
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| 34 | | - | Clerk. 118 |
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| 54 | + | EQUIRED USE OF MODIFIERS IN CERTAIN 14 |
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| 55 | + | INSTANCES.—Not later than January 1, 2026, the 15 |
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| 56 | + | Secretary shall establish requirements to include a 16 |
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| 57 | + | code or modifier, as determined appropriate by the 17 |
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| 58 | + | Secretary, in the case of claims for telehealth services 18 |
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| 59 | + | under this subsection that are billed incident to a 19 |
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| 60 | + | physician’s or practitioner’s professional service.’’. 20 |
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| 61 | + | Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend title |
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| 62 | + | XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Medicare |
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| 63 | + | incident to modifier for mental health services furnished |
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| 64 | + | through telehealth and other telehealth services.’’. |
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