3.0.0 3517 2022-02-08T23:23:04Z 2022-02-08T23:23:04Z Senate S 2020-03-18 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-18T20:35:47Z ACCESS Act 116 6487 HR 2020-04-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2020-03-18 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-03-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2020-03-18 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2020-05-05 False E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2020-08-05 False R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2020-09-24 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-09-24 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2020-09-24 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2020-09-24 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-09-24 False C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2020-09-30 False Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures 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 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health programs administration and funding Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medicare Nursing Rural conditions and development Telecommunication rates and fees Health 00 2020-03-18 Introduced in Senate 2020-05-12T20:02:18Z 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 (FCC), to skilled nursing facilities and other nursing facilities to support virtual visits to residents during the emergency. The FCC shall waive requirements that apply to certain funding for telecommunication and broadband services for health care providers if those requirements prevent facilities that receive grants from carrying them out.

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 Short Title(s) as Introduced ACCESS Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase the ability of nursing facilities to access to 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 Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3517is/xml/BILLS-116s3517is.xml 2020-03-18 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.