Sec. 303. Medicaid mental and behavioral health treatment through telehealth
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Section 1009 of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act ( Public Law 115–271 ) is amended— in subsection (b)— in the header, by striking and inserting treatment for substance use disorders ; treatment for substance use disorders and mental health disorders and behavioral health disorders in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and inserting The Secretary ; in paragraph (1)— by striking treatment for substance use disorders and inserting treatment for substance use disorders and mental health disorders and behavioral health disorders ; and by inserting psychotherapy, after counseling, ; in paragraph (2), by inserting or mental health disorders and behavioral health disorders after substance use disorders ; in paragraph (3), by inserting and mental health disorders and behavioral health disorders after substance use disorders ; and by adding at the end, below and after paragraph (3), the following flush left text:
The Secretary shall issue the guidance under this subsection not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, with respect to the matters described in the previous provisions of this subsection relating to substance use disorders, and not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, with respect to the matters described in such previous provisions relating to mental health disorders and behavioral health disorders. ; in subsection (c)— in the header, by striking and inserting treatment for substance use disorders ; treatment for substance use disorders and mental health disorders and behavioral health disorders in paragraph (1), by striking treatment for substance use disorders and inserting treatment for substance use disorders and mental health disorders and behavioral health disorders each place it appears; and in paragraph (2)— by inserting with respect to substance use disorders, after paragraph (1), ; and by adding at the end the following new sentence:
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the evaluation conducted under paragraph (1), with respect to mental health disorders and behavioral health disorders, together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Comptroller General determines appropriate. ; and in subsection (d)(1)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting and mental health disorders and behavioral health disorders after substance use disorders ; in subparagraph (A), by inserting , and mental health disorders and behavioral health disorders after opioid use disorder ; and in subparagraph (B), by inserting and mental health disorders and behavioral health disorders after substance use disorders .
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Medicaid mental and behavioral health treatment through telehealth
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