session, each year of the session shall be considered to be a separate regular session of the State legislature. II Medicare Provisions to Address the Opioid Crisis 2001. Authority not to apply certain Medicare telehealth requirements in the case of certain treatment of a substance use disorder or co-occurring mental health disorder Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by inserting and paragraph (7)(E) after Subject to clause (ii)