[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1377 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1377

 To remove the limitation on certain amounts for which large non-rural 
 hospitals may be reimbursed under the Healthcare Connect Fund of the 
       Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 19, 2017

  Mr. Wicker introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To remove the limitation on certain amounts for which large non-rural 
 hospitals may be reimbursed under the Healthcare Connect Fund of the 
       Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reaching Underserved Rural Areas to 
Lead on Telehealth Act''.

SEC. 2. HEALTHCARE CONNECT FUND.

    The Federal Communications Commission shall amend section 54.630 of 
title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, by striking subsections (b) and 
(c) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Participation of Non-Rural Health Care Provider Sites.--An 
eligible non-rural health care provider may receive universal service 
support if--
            ``(1) a majority of the locations that the non-rural health 
        care provider serves are in rural areas; and
            ``(2) the eligible non-rural health care provider serves as 
        a Consortium Leader, as described in section 54.631.''.
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