House Commerce Will Mark Up Mental Telehealth Access Bill Wednesday

The House Commerce Committee plans to vote on the Telehealth Enhancement for Mental Health Act (HR-7858) as part of a Wednesday markup session on health legislation. HR-7858 would direct the Department of Health and Human Services to implement a Medicare coding modifier to identify telehealth claims for services that are key components of the mental healthcare process involving nonphysician clinicians. HR-7858 was one of several telehealth bills the House Commerce Health Subcommittee examined during an April hearing (see 2404040063). House Commerce’s markup session will begin at 10 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn, the panel said Monday night.