HR9457-118

Introduced

To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to prohibit increased payments under a group health plan or group health insurance coverage for telehealth services furnished by a provider located at a facility.

118th Congress Introduced Sep 6, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to prohibit increased payments under a group health plan or group health insurance coverage for telehealth services furnished by a provider located at a facility., 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 H45A1865941D3404BAED8B84DF1CFA368: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transparent Telehealth Bills Act of 2024.
  • Section H923C6FDE65A64FD3A6E0B804AC7FB2A7: 2. Prohibiting increased payments under a group health plan or group health insurance coverage for telehealth services furnished by a provider located at a...
  • Section HDF10BB81AC6B47AA936DF9CA5C4E0F37: 726. Prohibition on increased payments for telehealth services furnished by a provider located at a facility In the case of a telehealth service furnished to a...
  • Section HB9F94492077D4CFFAEF5098392400A51: 3. Prohibiting health care providers and facilities from imposing certain facility fees for telehealth Subtitle B of title I of the Employee Retirement Income...
  • Section H3B795AAB72C24C94B7D6FC2AC6629E00: 901. Limitation on telehealth facility fees A health care facility may not bill a separate facility fee when a health care provider who provided telehealth...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to prohibit increased payments under a group health plan or group health insurance coverage for telehealth services furnished by a provider located at a facility., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Technology, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to prohibit increased payments under a group health plan or group health insurance coverage for telehealth services furnished by a provider located at a facility., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Technology Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 6, 2024

Mr. Bean of Florida introduced the following bill; which was …

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?

Domains
Healthcare Technology Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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