3.0.0 1618 2022-11-01T05:47:42Z 2022-11-01T05:47:42Z Senate S 2019-05-22 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-22T21:23:44Z ECHO Act of 2019 116 5199 HR 2019-11-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Lower Health Care Costs Act 116 1895 S 2019-07-08 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 133. Related bill CRS 2019-05-22 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-05-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2019-05-22 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2019-05-22 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2019-06-11 False C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2019-06-11 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2019-06-11 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2019-06-11 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2019-06-19 False C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2019-06-19 False H001079 Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] Cindy Hyde-Smith R MS 2019-06-19 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2019-09-24 False Health Child health Congressional oversight Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Government information and archives Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health technology, devices, supplies Indian social and development programs Medical education Mental health Minority health Rural conditions and development Women's health Health 00 2019-05-22 Introduced in Senate 2020-01-25T20:00:24Z Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act of 2019 or the ECHO 2019 Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a grant program that supports the implementation of certain educational, specialty health care technology in rural or medically underserved areas. Specifically, HHS must award grants to health care entities serving rural areas, health-professional shortage areas, medically underserved populations, or Native Americans for specified videoconferencing technology that connects health professionals with specialists (e.g., chronic-disease, mental-health, and substance-use disorder specialists).

]]> ECHO 2019 Act Display Title ECHO 2019 Act Short Title(s) as Introduced ECHO 2019 Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the capacity to improve health outcomes and increase access to specialized care. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1618is/xml/BILLS-116s1618is.xml 2019-05-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.