3.0.0 1309 2023-01-11T13:49:13Z 2023-01-11T13:49:13Z Senate S 2021-04-22 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-04-22T17:42:40Z Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth Act 117 3371 HR 2021-05-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2021-04-22 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2170) IntroReferral 2021-04-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2021-04-22 True M001198 Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] Roger Marshall R KS 2021-04-22 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2021-04-22 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2022-02-07 False Health Emergency medical services and trauma care Health technology, devices, supplies Home and outpatient care Infectious and parasitic diseases Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Medicare Telephone and wireless communication Health 00 2021-04-22 Introduced in Senate 2021-09-17T16:55:45Z Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth Act or the HEAT Act

This bill provides for Medicare coverage of home health services that are furnished via telehealth during a public health emergency, in accordance with specified requirements.

Specifically, the bill allows telehealth services to substitute for in-person home health services and to be considered as home health visits for purposes of payment under Medicare during a public health emergency. Such services (1) may not constitute more than 50% of the number of billable visits in a 30-day period, (2) must be furnished under a plan of care established by a practitioner with whom the beneficiary has an existing care relationship, and (3) must be furnished in accordance with the beneficiary's consent.

]]> Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth Act Display Title Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide payments for home health services furnished via visual or audio telecommunications systems during an emergency period. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced HEAT Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1309is/xml/BILLS-117s1309is.xml 2021-04-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2170) 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.