Expanded Telehealth Access Act
- Last Action
- 3/24/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-24Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2021-03-23Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2021-03-23Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-03-23Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-03-23Introduced in House
- 2021-03-23Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-23 (00)
Expanded Telehealth Access Act
This bill permanently allows audiologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, and other providers designated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide telehealth services under Medicare.
Currently, the CMS is authorized to waive requirements for Medicare telehealth services during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19, and it has done so to allow all providers that are otherwise eligible to furnish in-person services under Medicare to also furnish telehealth services.
Cosponsors (20)
- David McKinley (R-WV)
- Joseph Morelle (D-NY)
- Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Albio Sires (D-NJ)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- Rodney Davis (R-IL)
- BOBBY RUSH (D-IL)
- DON YOUNG (R-AK)
- Nanette Barragan (D-CA)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- SANFORD BISHOP (D-GA)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ)
- William Timmons (R-SC)
- James Baird (R-IN)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
- Kathy Manning (D-NC)
- Diana Harshbarger (R-TN)
Subjects
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health personnel
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Hearing, speech, and vision care
- Home and outpatient care
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medicare
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