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Expanding Access to Mental Health Services Act

H.R. 4012 · 117th Congress · Jun 17, 2021 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permanently include certain HCPCS codes as telehealth services under such title, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Expanding Access to Mental Health Services Act”.

Sec. 2 Permanent inclusion of certain HCPCS codes as telehealth services under Medicare

Section 1834(m)(4)(F) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)(F)) is amended—
(1)
in clause (i), by inserting “the HCPCS codes specified in clause (iii),” before “, and”; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following new clause:

“(iii) Specified HCPCS code—For purposes of clause (i), beginning April 1, 2021, an HCPCS code specified in this clause is—

“(I) 90875, 96125, 96170, 96171, 97151, 97152, 97153, 97154, 97155, 97156, 97157, and 97158; and

“(II) 96127, 96130, 96131, 96132, 96133, 96136, 96137, 96138, 96139, and 96158.”