3.0.0 4348 2023-01-11T13:45:34Z 2023-01-11T13:45:34Z Senate S 2020-07-28 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-07-28T22:21:19Z 2020-07-28 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-07-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-07-28 True Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Emergency medical services and trauma care Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Medicaid Medicare Right of privacy Rural conditions and development Telephone and wireless communication Health 00 2020-07-28 Introduced in Senate 2020-12-14T20:23:06Z Rural Health Care Access Review Act of 2020

This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study on access to health care in rural areas during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency.

Specifically, this study must evaluate the use of telehealth and the impact of enforcement discretion in the application of federal privacy standards for the use and disclosure of personal health information by health care providers, health plans, health clearinghouses, and their businesses associates.

]]> Rural Health Care Access Review Act of 2020 Display Title Rural Health Care Access Review Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Rural Health Care Access Review Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the conduct of a GAO study and report on rural health access during the COVID-19 pandemic. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4348is/xml/BILLS-116s4348is.xml 2020-07-28 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.