A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the use of telehealth services for the treatment of opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders.

United States115th CongressS-2901Senate
Updated: May 22, 2018

Summary

Expanding Telehealth Response to Ensure Addiction Treatment Act or the eTREAT Act This bill expands the availability of substance use disorder telehealth services under Medicare. Under current law, telehealth services are generally covered under Medicare only if such services are received by beneficiaries at specified types of sites that are located in rural areas. The bill exempts substance use disorder telehealth services from these requirements.

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Timeline

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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