US Congress Senate Bill 3517 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: Introduced on March 18 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance 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 (FCC), to skilled nursing facilities and other nursing facilities to support virtual visits to residents during the emergency. The FCC shall waive requirements that apply to certain funding for telecommunication and broadband services for health care providers if those requirements prevent facilities that receive grants from carrying them out. 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

Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]
Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-18	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB6487 (Related) 2020-04-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3517/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3517/BILLS-116s3517is.pdf