[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7885 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7885

 To amend the CARES Act to clarify authorized uses of provider relief 
                     funds, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2020

 Ms. Porter (for herself and Mr. Upton) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the CARES Act to clarify authorized uses of provider relief 
                     funds, 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 ``Remote Patient Monitoring Access 
Act'' or ``RPM Access Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORIZED USES OF PROVIDER RELIEF FUNDS.

    (a) Clarification.--Title VIII of division B of the Coronavirus 
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended 
in the third paragraph under the heading ``Office of the Secretary--
Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund'' by inserting after 
the fifth proviso the following: ``Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this paragraph in this Act shall be available for 
the costs associated with furnishing remote patient monitoring services 
that meet evidence-based practice guidelines or clinical practice 
guidelines (including but not limited to such guidelines issued by 
professional medical associations, voluntary health organizations, or 
agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services (including the 
National Institutes of Health)) and that meet appropriate patient data 
security and privacy standards (including but not limited to such 
standards established under the Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act of 1996, the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Common Security Framework, or the international standard for 
information security management system ISO/IEC 27001):''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, 
Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136).
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