3.0.0 4216 2023-01-11T13:45:39Z 2023-01-11T13:45:39Z Senate S 2020-07-20 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-07-20T21:21:00Z Knowing the Efficiency and Efficacy of Permanent Telehealth Options Act of 2020 116 7233 HR 2020-06-18 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 Telehealth Act 116 7992 HR 2020-10-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2020-07-20 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE N R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2020-07-20 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2020-10-20 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-10-20 False P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2020-10-20 False B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2020-11-10 False S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2020-11-10 False Health Aging Cardiovascular and respiratory health Child health Congressional oversight Emergency medical services and trauma care Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Medicaid Medicare Mental health Minority health Poverty and welfare assistance Rural conditions and development Health 00 2020-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-31T14:13:56Z Knowing the Efficiency and Efficacy of Permanent Telehealth Options Act of 2020 or the KEEP Telehealth Options Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report on the availability and effects of expanded telehealth services under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Among other information, HHS must detail its actions during the emergency to expand access to telehealth services and must analyze telehealth usage by certain demographic groups. The GAO must report on the efficiency and management of the telehealth expansion and related risks of fraudulent activity.

]]> KEEP Telehealth Options Act of 2020 Display Title KEEP Telehealth Options Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced KEEP Telehealth Options Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Knowing the Efficiency and Efficacy of Permanent Telehealth Options Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct studies and report to Congress on actions taken to expand access to telehealth services under the Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance programs during the COVID-19 emergency. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4216is/xml/BILLS-116s4216is.xml 2020-07-20 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.