Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act
- Last Action
- 6/9/2021
Actions
- 2021-06-09Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2021-06-09Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-06-09 (00)
Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act
This bill expands coverage of telehealth services under Medicare.
Specifically, the bill permanently (1) removes geographic restrictions on originating sites (i.e., the location of the beneficiary), (2) allows the home of the beneficiary to serve as the originating site for all services, (3) allows federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner), and (4) expands coverage to include audio-only services for evaluation and management and behavioral health services.
Cosponsors (11)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Jon Tester (D-MT)
- Shelley Capito (R-WV)
- Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
- Charles Grassley (R-IA)
- Jacklyn Rosen (D-NV)
Subjects
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Home and outpatient care
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Medicare
- Mental health
- Rural conditions and development
- Sound recording
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