H.R. 7187 · 116th Congress
HEALTH Act of 2020
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ThompsonSponsor15 cosponsors · 12 D, 3 R
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Butterfield
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Smucker
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Cohen
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Harder
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Cárdenas
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Trone
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Hagedorn
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Dean
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Blunt Rochester
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Fitzpatrick
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Finkenauer
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O’Halleran
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Demings
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Carson
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Crow1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Helping Ensure Access to Local TeleHealth Act of 2020 or the HEALTH Act of 2020
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jun 11, 2020
Helping Ensure Access to Local TeleHealth Act of 2020 or the HEALTH Act of 2020
This bill modifies requirements relating to Medicare coverage of telehealth services that are furnished by federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and rural health clinics (RHCs).
Specifically, the bill permanently allows FQHCs and RHCs to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner) for telehealth services and excludes such services from certain geographic restrictions. Payment must be made in the same manner as for non-telehealth services, rather than in accordance with a separate methodology determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: HEALTH Act of 2020
Also known as: Helping Ensure Access to Local TeleHealth Act of 2020
Latest action (Jun 11, 2020): 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.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Jun 11, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.