Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Technology, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H3A0A402ECD1945698E0592CF801850D9: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act.
- Section H58A010286CCC4CEF856996BC0A498424: 2. Elimination of restrictions relating to telehealth services Section 1834(m)(4)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)(C)) is amended— in...
- Section H251A913418914BEF8C4C498AE50463BB: 3. Telehealth flexibilities for critical access hospitals Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)) is amended— in the first sentence of...
- Section HD2AC6468A662464486A5CE52A65B65E0: 4. Extending Medicare telehealth flexibilities for Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics Section 1834(m)(8) of the Social Security Act...
- Section H2B0B39A493CF446CAD700694A1A5F9E6: 5. Allowance of certain telehealth services furnished using audio-only technology Section 1834(m)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)) is...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Technology, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Chris Pappas
D-NH | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …
Introduced in House
Mr. Pappas (for himself and Mr. Nunn of Iowa) introduced …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
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