[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 135 (Friday, October 21, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S11747]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2193. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 3010, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other proposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. TELEHEALTH.

       From amounts appropriated under this Act for the general 
     appropriations for the Health Resources and Services 
     Administration, there shall be transferred $10,000,000 to 
     carry out programs and activities under the Health Care 
     Safety Net Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107-251) and the 
     amendments made by such Act, and for other telehealth 
     programs under section 330I of the Public Health Service Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 254c-14), of which--
       (1) $2,500,000 shall be for not less than 10 telehealth 
     resource centers that provide assistance with respect to 
     technical, legal, and regulatory service delivery or other 
     related barriers to the deployment of telehealth 
     technologies, of which not less than 2 centers shall be 
     located in a rural State with a population of less than 
     1,000,000 individuals;
       (2) $5,000,000 shall be for network grants and 
     demonstration or pilot projects for telehomecare; and
       (3) $2,500,000 shall be for grants to carry out programs 
     under which health licensing boards or various States 
     cooperate to develop and implement policies that will reduce 
     statutory and regulatory barriers to telehealth.

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