3.0.0 2325 2023-01-15T04:48:55Z 2023-01-15T04:48:55Z Senate S S 2004-04-21 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-04-21T16:42:00Z 2004-04-21 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2004-04-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000286 Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC] JOHN EDWARDS D NC N Health Access to health care Accreditation (Medical care) Alzheimer's disease Caregivers Case management Chronically ill Clinics Communication in medicine Community health services Conferences Congregate housing Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Curricula Dental care Dentistry Dentists Department of Health and Human Services Distance education Economics and Public Finance Education Executive reorganization Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Health education Health information systems Higher education Home care services Housing and Community Development Indian medical care Interstate relations Law Licenses Long-term care Medical economics Medical education Medical technology Medicare Mental care facilities Minorities Native Americans Nursing homes Patient satisfaction Performance measurement Preventive medicine Quality of care Retirement communities Rural health Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Telemedicine Terminal care Health 00 2004-04-21 Introduced in Senate 2016-08-30T14:32:22Z Telehealth Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends the Social Security Act to: (1) increase the type of originating sites allowed to offer telehealth services, including skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and county or community health clinics; and (2) remove the requirement that such originating sites must be in rural areas.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to convene a conference of State licensing boards, local telehealth projects, health care practitioners, and patient advocates to promote interstate licensure for telehealth projects.

Authorizes the Director of the Office of the Advancement of Telehealth to award grants to: (1) demonstrate how telehealth technologies can be used to expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of health care services and to improve and expand the training of health care providers and the quality of health information available; (2) provide telehealth services to patients who reside in areas under the jurisdiction of Indian tribes or tribal organizations; and (3) provide oral health services to patients who reside in rural areas.

Directs the Secretary to establish a Joint Working Group on Telehealth to: (1) identify, monitor, and coordinate Federal telehealth projects, data sets, and programs; (2) analyze how telehealth systems are expanding access to health care services, education, and information; (3) analyze the clinical, educational, or administrative efficacy and cost-effectiveness of telehealth applications; (4) analyze the quality of the telehealth services delivered; and (5) make recommendations for coordinating Federal and State efforts to increase access to health services, education, and information in rural and medically underserved areas.

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