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[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 17 (Thursday, January 28, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:H.R. 596.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commercewith foreign Nations, and among the several States, and withthe Indian Tribes.[Page H252]
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Ways and Means Committee
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Health Subcommittee
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Committee
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Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.
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Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.
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Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.
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Energy and Commerce Committee
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Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.
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2021-01-28
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2021-01-28
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2021-01-28
True
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2021-01-28
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2021-01-28
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FL
M.
12
2021-02-03
False
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CA
Diaz
44
2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
False
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RI
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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CA
11
2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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MI
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5
2021-02-08
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IL
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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CA
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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MD
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-08
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2021-02-18
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Kahele
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HI
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2021-02-18
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CA
39
2021-03-12
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NJ
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2021-04-14
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MA
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2021-07-29
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Health
- 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
- Government information and archives
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Nursing
- Rural conditions and development
- Telecommunication rates and fees
Health
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2021-01-28
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2021-05-05T17:41:19Z
Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors Act or the ACCESS Act
This bill provides funding to increase access to telehealth services and virtual visits in skilled and other nursing facilities during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency. The bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.
Specifically, the bill provides additional funding for FY2021, to remain available through FY2022, to the Telehealth Resource Center Program to address barriers to telehealth faced by skilled and other nursing facilities. The Office for the Advancement of Telehealth within the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy in the Health Resources and Services Administration manages this program.
In addition, the bill provides funding for FY2021, to remain available through one month after the emergency period ends, to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for grants to nursing facilities to support virtual visits for residents during the COVID-19 emergency. HHS must develop relevant guidance for these grants within 15 days. HHS must also coordinate with the Federal Communications Commission to ensure grantees have access to telecommunications and broadband services.

ACCESS Act
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ACCESS Act
- Official Title as Introduced

To increase the ability of nursing facilities to access 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 House
IH
- Short Title(s) as Introduced

ACCESS Act
Introduced in House
IH
- Short Title(s) as Introduced

Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors Act
Introduced in House
IH
- Introduced in House
2021-01-28T05:00:00Z
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2021-02-02
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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