3.0.0 8283 2023-01-11T13:44:58Z 2023-01-11T13:44:58Z House HR 2020-09-17 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 161 (Thursday, September 17, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LATTA:H.R. 8283.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United StatesConstitution[Page H4542]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-09-17T13:02:50Z TREAT Act 116 4421 S 2020-08-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2020-09-17 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2020-09-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-09-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000566 Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] Robert Latta R OH E. 5 N D000624 Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12] Debbie Dingell D MI 12 2020-09-17 True R000576 Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] C. A. Ruppersberger D MD Dutch 2 2020-09-24 False R000606 Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] Jamie Raskin D MD 8 2020-09-24 False B001304 Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] Anthony Brown D MD G. 4 2020-09-29 False T000483 Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] David Trone D MD J. 6 2020-09-30 False E000296 Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] Dwight Evans D PA 3 2020-10-20 False S001205 Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] Mary Scanlon D PA Gay 5 2020-10-23 False L000589 Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8] Debbie Lesko R AZ 8 2020-11-30 False Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Disaster relief and insurance Emergency medical services and trauma care Health personnel Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Intergovernmental relations Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Licensing and registrations State and local government operations Health 00 2020-09-17 Introduced in House 2020-12-11T21:58:02Z Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment Act or the TREAT Act

This bill temporarily allows, subject to scope of practice and other requirements, a health care professional to provide in-person and telehealth services in any U.S. jurisdiction based on that individual's authorization to practice in any one state or territory.

Specifically, health care professionals may provide these services in jurisdictions other than where they are licensed, certified, or authorized to practice for up to 180 days after the end of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency. In addition, the bill provides certain authorities to health care professional regulatory bodies, such as medical boards, to investigate and take disciplinary actions against a professional who provides telehealth services to a patient in that organization's jurisdiction pursuant to this bill.

The bill also permits the Department of Health and Human Services to similarly expand the authority of health care professionals to provide these services in the event of future major disasters or emergencies.

]]> TREAT Act Display Title TREAT Act Short Title(s) as Introduced TREAT Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment Act Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To provide temporary licensing reciprocity for telehealth and interstate health care treatment. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr8283ih/xml/BILLS-116hr8283ih.xml 2020-09-17 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 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.