US Congress Senate Bill 1618 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum:
Status: Introduced on May 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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).

ECHO 2019 Act Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act of 2019

Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]
Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]
Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-22	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

SB1895 (Related) 2019-07-08 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 133.
HB5199 (Related) 2019-11-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1618/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1618/BILLS-116s1618is.pdf