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42 U.S. Code § 254c-16

Mental health services delivered via telehealth

42 U.S. Code § 254c-16. Mental health services delivered via telehealth

(a) DefinitionsIn this section:
(1) Eligible entity
The term “eligible entity” means a public or nonprofit private telehealth provider network that offers services that include mental health services provided by qualified mental health providers.
(2) Qualified mental health professionals
The term “qualified mental health professionals” refers to providers of mental health services reimbursed under the medicare program carried out under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) who have additional training in the treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents or who have additional training in the treatment of mental illness in the elderly.
(3) Special populationsThe term “special populations” refers to the following 2 distinct groups:
(A)
Children and adolescents in mental health underserved rural areas or in mental health underserved urban areas.
(B)
Elderly individuals located in long-term care facilities in mental health underserved rural or urban areas.
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