3.0.0 2741 2023-01-11T13:17:08Z 2023-01-11T13:17:08Z Senate S S 2009-11-05 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-11-05T21:43:19Z 2009-11-05 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-11-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11216-11217) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-11-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM N Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Cardiovascular and respiratory health Department of Health and Human Services Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Indian social and development programs Medicare Minority health Neurological disorders Rural conditions and development Health 00 2009-11-05 Introduced in Senate 2009-11-24T22:43:57Z Rural Telemedicine Enhancing Community Health (TECH) Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish telehealth pilot projects for the purpose of analyzing the clinical outcomes and cost effectiveness associated with telehealth services in a variety of geographic areas.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide for expansion of originating telehealth sites for stroke telehealth services; (2) provide access to store-and-forward telehealth services in facilities of the Indian Health Service and federally qualified health centers; and (3) direct the Secretary to establish reasonable regulations to consider the remote credentialing and privileging standards for originating sites with respect to telehealth services.

]]> Rural Telemedicine Enhancing Community Health (TECH) Act of 2009 Display Title Rural Telemedicine Enhancing Community Health (TECH) Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish telehealth pilot projects, expand access to stroke telehealth services under the Medicare program, improve access to "store-and-forward" telehealth services in facilities of the Indian Health Service and Federally qualified health centers, reimburse facilities of the Indian Health Service as originating sites, establish regulations to consider credentialing and privileging standards for originating sites with respect to receiving telehealth services, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Rural Telemedicine Enhancing Community Health (TECH) Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s2741is/xml/BILLS-111s2741is.xml 2009-11-05 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.