3.0.0 1909 2023-01-13T04:49:47Z 2023-01-13T04:49:47Z Senate S S 2005-10-24 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-10-24T19:38:16Z Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2005 109 2807 HR 2005-06-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2005-10-24 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2005-10-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11769-11770) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-10-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001126 Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] CONRAD BURNS R MT R. N I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2006-06-20 False Health Access to health care Arts, Culture, Religion Authorization Chronically ill Clinics Colleges Commerce Community health services Computer networks 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 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 2005-10-24 Introduced in Senate 2005-12-06T22:24:35Z 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 kinds of facilities authorized to participate in the telehealth program; (3) provide for the expansion of use of store-and-forward technology; (4) add new kinds of practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services; (5) extend the meaning of covered telehealth services to any professional service meeting certain requirements; and (6) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to facilitate adoption of provisions allowing for multistate practitioner licensure across state lines.

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 A bill 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 Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-10-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1909is/xml/BILLS-109s1909is.xml 2005-10-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.