S3834-119

In Committee

Expanded Telehealth Access Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 11, 2026

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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:

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, 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

Healthcare Foreign Policy Immigration

Whole bill

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

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 11, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Feb 11, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Feb 11, 2026

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?

Domains
Healthcare Foreign Policy Immigration
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"practitioner" §H431058DB8B7C4DD382071AC40DC03F67

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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