ECHO 2019 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 SchatzSponsor

10 cosponsors · 4 D, 5 R, 1 I

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

Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act of 2019 or the ECHO 2019 Act

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 22, 2019

Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act of 2019 or the ECHO 2019 Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a grant program that supports the implementation of certain educational, specialty health care technology in rural or medically underserved areas. Specifically, HHS must award grants to health care entities serving rural areas, health-professional shortage areas, medically underserved populations, or Native Americans for specified videoconferencing technology that connects health professionals with specialists (e.g., chronic-disease, mental-health, and substance-use disorder specialists).

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: ECHO 2019 Act

Also known as: Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act of 2019

Latest action (May 22, 2019): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 22, 2019

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

No recorded floor vote found.