3.0.0 2807 2023-01-13T04:47:59Z 2023-01-13T04:47:59Z House H HR 2005-06-08 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-06-17T15:43:54Z Referred to 2005-06-08T13:56:00Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-06-13T18:55:57Z Referred to 2005-06-08T13:56:05Z Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2005 109 1909 S 2005-10-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2005-06-17 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-06-13 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-06-08 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2005-06-08 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2005-06-08 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2005-06-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-06-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H000948 Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9] KENNY HULSHOF R MO C. 9 N T000460 Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1] MIKE THOMPSON D CA 1 2005-06-08 True M001161 Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3] Charlie Melancon D LA 3 2005-06-24 False S001158 Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3] John Salazar D CO T. 3 2005-06-24 False P000258 Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] COLLIN PETERSON D MN C. 7 2005-06-24 False C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-2] Ed Case D HI 2 2005-06-24 False B001252 Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12] John Barrow D GA 12 2005-06-27 False T000038 Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8] JOHN TANNER D TN 8 2005-06-30 False J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2005-06-30 False L000293 Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2] RON LEWIS R KY 2 2005-06-30 False F000262 Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9] HAROLD FORD D TN E. 9 2005-09-07 False J000070 Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] WILLIAM JEFFERSON D LA J. 2 2005-09-13 False B000410 Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] HOWARD BERMAN D CA L. 28 2005-09-28 False Health Access to health care Arts, Culture, Religion Authorization Chronically ill Clinics Colleges Commerce Community health services Computer networks Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Data banks Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Education Educational technology Elementary and secondary education Equipment and supplies Federal aid to health facilities Foundations Government Operations and Politics Government and business Governmental investigations Health education Higher education Hospitals Housing and Community Development Libraries Medical education Medical records Medicare Mental care facilities Nonprofit organizations Nursing Nursing homes Quality of care Rural economic development Rural health School health programs Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Statistics Technology assessment Telemedicine Health 00 2005-06-08 Introduced in House 2005-06-21T21:15:45Z Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act regarding telehealth services (services furnished via a telecommunication system by a physician to an enrolled individual) to: (1) remove current geographic restrictions on the provision of such services; (2) add to the facilities authorized to participate in the telehealth program; and (3) direct the Secretary to encourage and facilitate multistate practitioner licensure across state lines to facilitate the program.

Directs the Secretary to make grants for expanding access to health care services for individuals in rural areas, frontier areas, and urban medically underserved areas through the use of telehealth.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs.

]]> Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2005 Display Title Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To improve the provision of telehealth services under the Medicare Program, to provide grants for the development of telehealth networks, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2005 Introduced in House 2005-06-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr2807ih/xml/BILLS-109hr2807ih.xml 2005-06-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.