BREATHE Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 116th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D ThompsonSponsor

46 cosponsors · 30 D, 16 R

3 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Better Respiration through Expanding Access to Tele-Health Act or the BREATHE Act

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 2, 2019

Better Respiration through Expanding Access to Tele-Health Act or the BREATHE Act

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a pilot program in which qualifying respiratory therapists may provide telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the program must allow respiratory therapists to provide telehealth disease management services (e.g., smoking cessation counseling) for individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: BREATHE Act

Also known as: Better Respiration through Expanding Access to Tele-Health Act

Latest action (May 3, 2019): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: May 2, 2019

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.