S. 4211 · 116th Congress
Facilitating Reforms that Offer Necessary Telehealth In Every Rural (FRONTIER) Community Act
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Facilitating Reforms that Offer Necessary Telehealth In Every Rural (FRONTIER) Community Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jul 2, 2020
Facilitating Reforms that Offer Necessary Telehealth In Every Rural (FRONTIER) Community Act
This bill modifies requirements relating to coverage of certain telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill removes restrictions that require the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) to be in certain rural areas and to be a specific type of facility, if the services (1) are mental health services furnished in a frontier state, or (2) are furnished in an Indian Health Service facility.
Additionally, the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Agriculture must award grants for broadband infrastructure in frontier states to support the provision of mental health services via telehealth under Medicare.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Facilitating Reforms that Offer Necessary Telehealth In Every Rural (FRONTIER) Community Act
Latest action (Jul 2, 2020): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jul 2, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.