3.0.0 4023 2019-02-20T22:00:23Z 2019-02-24T06:43:22Z House H HR 2012-02-14 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. HOCHUL:H.R. 4023.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 14: To make Rules for theGovernment and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.[Page H726]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2012-02-14T17:01:05Z 2012-02-14 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2012-02-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-02-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001062 Rep. Hochul, Kathleen C. [D-NY-26] Kathleen Hochul D NY C. 26 N R000582 Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] David Roe R TN P. 1 2012-02-14 True H001051 Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-24] Richard Hanna R NY L. 24 2012-03-05 False Armed Forces and National Security Health care costs and insurance Health technology, devices, supplies Medical education Rural conditions and development Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2012-02-14 Introduced in House 2012-03-27T15:52:47Z Veterans' Telehealth and Telemedicine Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program to increase the use of: (1) teleconsultation, telemedicine, telehealth, and home telehealth by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); and (2) teleretinal imaging in each Veterans Integrated Services Network.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) require each VA facility involved in the training of medical residents to work with each university concerned to develop an elective rotation in telemedicine for such residents, and (2) provide VA health care professionals with education and training in the use of telemedicine to provide care for veterans in rural areas.

Requires the Secretary to modify the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation system to: (1) provide incentives for the use of teleconsultation, teleretinal imaging, telemedicine, and telehealth coordination services; and (2) require the inclusion of all telemedicine visits in the calculation of facility workload.

Authorizes the Secretary to waive the imposition or collection of copayments for teleconsultation, telemedicine, teleretinal imaging, telehealth, and home telehealth visits of veterans.

]]> Veterans' Telehealth and Telemedicine Improvement Act Short Titles as Introduced Veterans' Telehealth and Telemedicine Improvement Act Display Title Veterans' Telehealth and Telemedicine Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the use of teleconsultation, teleretinal imaging, telemedicine, and telehealth coordination services for the provision of health care to veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2012-02-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr4023ih/xml/BILLS-112hr4023ih.xml 2012-02-14 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.