3.0.0 3998 2023-01-11T13:46:13Z 2023-01-11T13:46:13Z Senate S 2020-06-18 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-18T18:46:52Z Improving Telehealth for Underserved Communities Act of 2020 116 6792 HR 2020-05-08 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. Identical bill CRS 2020-06-18 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-06-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001079 Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] Cindy Hyde-Smith R MS N K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2020-06-18 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2020-07-20 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2020-07-23 False J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2020-07-27 False K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely 2020-07-30 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-09-24 False R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2020-12-11 False Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Medicare Rural conditions and development Health 00 2020-06-18 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-14T14:11:14Z Improving Telehealth for Underserved Communities Act of 2020

This bill establishes a particular Medicare payment methodology for telehealth services furnished by federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill requires payments to be made in accordance with the same methodology that is used for non-telehealth services, rather than in accordance with a separate methodology determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

]]> Improving Telehealth for Underserved Communities Act of 2020 Display Title Improving Telehealth for Underserved Communities Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Improving Telehealth for Underserved Communities Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to simplify payments for telehealth services furnished by Federally qualified health centers or rural health clinics under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3998is/xml/BILLS-116s3998is.xml 2020-06-18 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.