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Reaching Underserved Rural Areas to Lead on Telehealth Act

Introduced: July 14, 2016 Introduced by: Wicker, Roger F. Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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Reaching Underserved Rural Areas to Lead on Telehealth Act

This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to remove regulatory limitations on the reimbursement amounts that certain large non-rural hospitals may receive for universal service support from the Healthcare Connect Fund, which provides support for high-capacity broadband connectivity to eligible health care providers.

The FCC must allow an eligible non-rural health care provider to receive universal service support if: (1) the majority of locations it serves are in rural areas, and (2) the provider serves as a consortium leader of a group of health care provider sites that request support through a single application.

What's happening now July 14, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Schatz, Brian
Hawaii · Jul 14, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3218: Reaching Underserved Rural Areas to Lead on Telehealth Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3218/
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"S. 3218: Reaching Underserved Rural Areas to Lead on Telehealth Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3218/.
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S. 3218, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3218/.
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