[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7858 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7858

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Medicare 
   incident to modifier for mental health services furnished through 
                              telehealth.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 2, 2024

    Mr. James (for himself, Mr. Schweikert, and Mr. Davis of North 
  Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Medicare 
   incident to modifier for mental health services furnished through 
                              telehealth.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Telehealth Enhancement for Mental 
Health Act of 2024'' or the ``TELEMH Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDICARE INCIDENT TO MODIFIER FOR MENTAL 
              HEALTH SERVICES FURNISHED THROUGH TELEHEALTH.

    Section 1834(m)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395m(m)(7)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Establishment of incident to modifier for 
                mental health services furnished through telehealth.--
                Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment 
                of this subparagraph, the Secretary shall establish 
                requirements to include a code or modifier, as 
                determined appropriate by the Secretary, on claims for 
                mental health services furnished through telehealth 
                under this paragraph that are furnished by auxiliary 
                personnel (as defined in section 410.26(a)(1) of title 
                42, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 
                regulation) and billed incident to a physician or 
                practitioner's professional services.''.
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