US Congress House Bill 6654 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-6)
Status: Introduced on May 1 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-01 - 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.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to allow, when exercising its waiver authority, the following providers to furnish telehealth services under Medicare during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019): physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, speech-language pathologists, clinical social workers, and audiologists. (Currently, the CMS is authorized to waive requirements for Medicare telehealth services during the public health emergency, and it has done so to allow all providers that are otherwise eligible to furnish in-person services under Medicare to also furnish telehealth services.)

Emergency COVID Telehealth Response Act

Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]	Rep. Troy Balderson [R-OH]	Rep. French Hill [R-AR]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. James Hagedorn [R-MN]
Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-01	House	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.
2020-05-01	House	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.
2020-05-01	House	Introduced in House

HB6634 (Same As) 2020-04-28 - 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6654/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6654/BILLS-116hr6654ih.pdf