Telemental Health Parity Act of 2022
This bill requires private health insurance plans to apply benefits for mental health or substance use disorder services that are furnished via telehealth in the same manner as those services that are furnished in person.
Under current mental health parity rules, insurance plans that provide benefits for mental health or substance use disorder services are generally required to make those benefits comparable to the benefits the plan provides for medical and surgical care.
To clarify the applicability of certain parity provisions to mental 
         health and substance use disorder telehealth benefits.

    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 ``Telemental Health Parity Act of 
2022''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFYING THE APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PARITY PROVISIONS TO 
              MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TELEHEALTH 
              BENEFITS.

    The provisions of sections 2726 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300gg-26), 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security 
Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1185a), and 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 shall apply to benefits for mental health or substance use 
disorder services furnished via telehealth in the same manner as such 
provisions apply to benefits for mental health or substance use 
disorder services that are furnished in-person.
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Telemental Health Parity Act of 2022
To clarify the applicability of certain parity provisions to mental health and substance use disorder telehealth benefits.
Telemental Health Parity Act of 2022
Rep. Manning, Kathy E.