3.0.0 1465 2023-01-11T13:31:03Z 2023-01-11T13:31:03Z Senate S 2015-05-22 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-05-22T23:21:27Z FAST Act 114 2799 HR 2015-06-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2015-05-22 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-05-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN N T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2015-07-29 False Health Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health technology, devices, supplies Medicare Neurological disorders User charges and fees Health 00 2015-05-22 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-24T16:15:58Z Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act or the FAST Act

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) expand access to certain stroke telehealth services to any originating site at which the eligible telehealth individual is located at the time the service is furnished, regardless of where the site is located; and (2) waive the facility fee for certain such originating sites.

]]> Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act Display Title Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to stroke telehealth services under the Medicare program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act Short Titles as Introduced FAST Act Introduced in Senate 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1465is/xml/BILLS-114s1465is.xml 2015-05-22 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.