Expanded Telehealth Access Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Expanded Telehealth Access Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Foreign Policy, Immigration.
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 HCA58A944693843CF925D284BC7E99745: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expanded Telehealth Access Act.
- Section H431058DB8B7C4DD382071AC40DC03F67: 2. Expanding the scope of practitioners eligible for payment for telehealth services under Medicare Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C....
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Expanded Telehealth Access Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Foreign Policy, Immigration
Primary Purpose
This bill, Expanded 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
Steve Daines
R-MT | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Daines (for himself and Ms. Smith) introduced the following …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
any of the following: A practitioner described in section 1842(b)(18)(C). With respect to services furnished on or after the date of the enactment of the Expanded Telehealth Access Act— a qualified audiologist (as defined in section 1861(ll)(4)(B))
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