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Telehealth Across State Lines Act of 2019

Introduced: February 13, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Oct 30, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 29, 2019
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.
Oct 29, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Telehealth Across State Lines Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, in consultation with a range of stakeholders, to issue guidance for uniform best practices for the delivery of telehealth services. The bill also establishes a grant program to expand access to telehealth services in rural areas and revises the duties of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to incentivize the adoption of telehealth services.

What's happening now October 30, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 7992 Related bill Telehealth Act
  • S 2408 Identical bill Telehealth Across State Lines Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 1 Republican 5
D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Jun 4, 2020
Ferguson, A.
· Feb 13, 2020
 R
Comer, James
Kentucky · Dec 5, 2019
 R
Moolenaar, John R.
Michigan · Dec 4, 2019
 R
Murphy, Gregory F.
North Carolina · Nov 26, 2019
 R
Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"
Tennessee · Nov 14, 2019
 R
Kustoff, David
Tennessee · Oct 29, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4900: Telehealth Across State Lines Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4900/
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"H.R. 4900: Telehealth Across State Lines Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4900/.
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H.R. 4900, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4900/.
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