S. 1248 · 119th Congress
EASE Act
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MullinSponsor2 cosponsors · 1 D, 1 R
2 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Ensuring Access to Specialty Care Everywhere Act or the EASE Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Apr 2, 2025
Ensuring Access to Specialty Care Everywhere Act or the EASE Act
This bill requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test a model that uses a network of providers to remotely furnish specialty health care to Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) beneficiaries in rural areas.
To conduct the model, the CMMI must select at least one provider network that is a nonprofit entity and that consists of at least 50 federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, critical access hospitals, or rural emergency hospitals. At least half of the providers in the network must be located in rural areas. Providers must use digital methods (e.g., telehealth technology) to provide specialty care and must coordinate with beneficiaries' primary care providers.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: EASE Act
Also known as: Ensuring Access to Specialty Care Everywhere Act
Latest action (Apr 2, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Apr 2, 2025
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.