3.0.0 6394 2019-11-15T21:49:33Z 2019-11-15T21:49:33Z House H HR 2006-12-06 109 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-12-06T15:03:25Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-12-06T15:03:20Z 2006-12-06 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 2006-12-06 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 2006-12-06 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 2006-12-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-12-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000070 Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] WILLIAM JEFFERSON D LA J. 2 N Health Access to health care Alzheimer's disease Caregivers Case management Chronically ill Clinics Communication in medicine Conferences Congregate housing Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Curricula Dental care Dentists Economics and Public Finance Education Executive reorganization Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to health facilities Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Health education Health information systems Higher education Housing and Community Development Interstate relations Law Licenses Medical education Medical fees Medical technology Medicare Mental care facilities Nursing homes Patient satisfaction Quality of care Retirement communities Rural health Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Telemedicine Terminal care Health 00 2006-12-06 Introduced in House 2007-02-07T22:47:08Z Telehealth and Medically Underserved and Advancement Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of 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 for 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, the quality of health information available, and efforts to eliminate health care disparities; and (2) 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 in rural and urban areas; (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; (5) analyze how telehealth systems can advance the improve of health care quality and the elimination of health care disparities; (6) analyze the federal resources needed to accomplish the stated objectives of telehealth programs; and (7) make recommendations for coordinating federal and state efforts to increase access to health services, education, and information in rural and urban medically underserved areas.

]]> Telehealth and Medically Underserved and Advancement Act of 2006 Short Titles as Introduced Telehealth and Medically Underserved and Advancement Act of 2006 Display Title Telehealth and Medically Underserved and Advancement Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To facilitate the provision of telehealth services, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2006-12-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr6394ih/xml/BILLS-109hr6394ih.xml 2006-12-06 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. 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.