[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8493 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8493

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove geographic 
   requirements and expand originating sites for telehealth services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2022

    Mr. Buchanan (for himself, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, and Mrs. Steel) 
 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 remove geographic 
   requirements and expand originating sites for telehealth services.

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

SECTION 1. REMOVING GEOGRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS AND EXPANDING ORIGINATING 
              SITES FOR TELEHEALTH SERVICES.

    Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(B)(iii) by striking ``during the 151-
        day period beginning on'' and inserting ``on or after''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4)(C)(iii) by striking ``during the 151-
        day period beginning on'' and inserting ``on or after''.
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