3.0.0 2508 2022-02-09T03:42:12Z 2022-02-09T03:42:12Z House HR 2019-05-02 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 72 (Thursday, May 2, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. THOMPSON of California:H.R. 2508.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I[Page H3442]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2019-05-03T14:26:07Z Referred to 2019-05-02T13:04:40Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-05-02T13:04:45Z 2019-05-03 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a pilot program in which qualifying respiratory therapists may provide telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the program must allow respiratory therapists to provide telehealth disease management services (e.g., smoking cessation counseling) for individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

]]> BREATHE Act Display Title BREATHE Act Official Title as Introduced To provide for a pilot program to include respiratory therapists as telehealth practitioners under the Medicare program. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced BREATHE Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Better Respiration through Expanding Access to Tele-Health Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2508ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2508ih.xml 2019-05-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.