1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Telehealth Coverage and Payment Parity Act . 2. Requiring group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for services furnished via telehealth if such services would be covered if furnished in-person (a) Public health service act Subpart II of part A of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–11 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 2730. Required coverage of telehealth services (a) In general A group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage, including a grandfathered health plan (as defined in section 1251(e) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18011(e) ))— (1) shall— (A) provide benefits under such plan or such coverage for any eligible service (as defined in subsection (b)), including a mental health and substance use disorder service, furnished via a qualifying telecommunications system (as defined in subsection (b)) by a health care provider to an individual who is a participant, beneficiary, or enrollee under such plan or such coverage, notwithstanding that such provider furnishing such service is not at the same location as the individual; (B) so provide such benefits for such service under the same terms and with application of the same cost-sharing requirements (including a deductible, copayment, or coinsurance) as would apply if such service were furnished by such provider to such individual in-person; (C) reimburse such provider for such service in an amount equal to the amount of reimbursement for such service had such service been furnished by such provider to such individual in-person; (D) not impose any requirement under such plan or coverage that such provider have a prior relationship with such individual