[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4918 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4918

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include store-and-
   forward technologies as telecommunications systems through which 
  telehealth services may be furnished for payment under the Medicare 
                                program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 3, 2021

Mr. Rosendale introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, 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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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include store-and-
   forward technologies as telecommunications systems through which 
  telehealth services may be furnished for payment under the Medicare 
                                program.

    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 ``Rural Telehealth Expansion Act''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE PAYMENT FOR STORE-AND-FORWARD TECHNOLOGIES USED TO 
              FURNISH TELEHEALTH SERVICES.

    Section 1834(m)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395m(m)(1)) is amended by striking ``in the case of any Federal 
telemedicine demonstration program conducted in Alaska or Hawaii,''.
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