US Congress Senate Bill 4375 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Introduced on July 30 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4635-4636)
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Modifies requirements relating to coverage of telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill extends certain flexibilities that were initially authorized during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Among other things, the bill allows (1) rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner); (2) the home of a beneficiary to serve as the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) for all services (rather than for only certain services); and (3) all types of practitioners to furnish telehealth services, as determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Telehealth Modernization Act

Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-30	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4635-4636)

HB8727 (Same As) 2020-11-05 - 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4375/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4375/BILLS-116s4375is.pdf