3.0.0 6487 2023-01-11T13:43:15Z 2023-01-11T13:43:15Z House HR 2020-04-10 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:H.R. 6487.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commercewith foreign Nations, and among the several States, and withthe Indian Tribes.[Page H1883]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2020-04-14T17:29:44Z Referred to 2020-04-10T13:00:40Z hsbu00 Budget Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-04-10T13:00:45Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-04-10T13:00:35Z hsap00 Appropriations Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-04-10T13:00:30Z ACCESS Act 116 3517 S 2020-03-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2020-04-14 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2020-04-10 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsbu00 Budget Committee 2020-04-10 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2020-04-10 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2020-04-10 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 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Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] Ann Wagner R MO 2 2020-10-30 False Health Appropriations Cardiovascular and respiratory health Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Emergency medical services and trauma care Executive agency funding and structure Family relationships Government information and archives Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health programs administration and funding Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medicare Nursing Rural conditions and development Telecommunication rates and fees Health 00 2020-04-10 Introduced in House 2020-05-13T14:11:13Z Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors Act or the ACCESS Act

This bill (1) provides appropriations for the Telehealth Resource Center Program of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth within the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy in the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) to develop telehealth capacity for certain nursing facilities, and (2) directs other activities to increase access to telehealth services in such facilities during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.

HRSA shall award grants, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, to skilled nursing facilities and other nursing facilities to support virtual visits to residents during the emergency.

The Department of Health and Human Services must also provide recommendations related to immediately increasing access, during the emergency, to telehealth services for which Medicare and Medicaid payments are available in skilled and other nursing facilities.

]]> ACCESS Act Display Title ACCESS Act Official Title as Introduced To increase the ability of nursing facilities to access telehealth services and obtain technologies to allow virtual visits during the public health emergency relating to an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced ACCESS Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr6487ih/xml/BILLS-116hr6487ih.xml 2020-04-14 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.