US Congress House Bill 6487 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 76-12)
Status: Introduced on April 10 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-04-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

(1) provides appropriations for the Telehealth Resource Center Program of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth within the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy in the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) to develop telehealth capacity for certain nursing facilities, and (2) directs other activities to increase access to telehealth services in such facilities during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. HRSA shall award grants, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, to skilled nursing facilities and other nursing facilities to support virtual visits to residents during the emergency. The Department of Health and Human Services must also provide recommendations related to immediately increasing access, during the emergency, to telehealth services for which Medicare and Medicaid payments are available in skilled and other nursing facilities.

ACCESS Act Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors Act

Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]
Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]
Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. George Holding [R-NC]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]
Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]
Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA]	Rep. Xochitl Torres Small [D-NM]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2020-04-10	House	Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.
2020-04-10	House	Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.
2020-04-10	House	Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.
2020-04-10	House	Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.
2020-04-10	House	Introduced in House

SB3517 (Related) 2020-03-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6487/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6487/BILLS-116hr6487ih.pdf