S 1037
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Rural Health Clinic Modernization Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 4, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 4, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Rural Health Clinic Modernization Act of 2019
This bill makes a series of changes to criteria, requirements, and payments for rural health clinics under Medicare.
Among other things, the bill (1) allows rural health clinics that are not directed by physicians to enter into arrangements with physician assistants or nurse practitioners that generally comply with state laws (regarding scope of practice), rather than other specific requirements; (2) allows rural health clinics to serve as the distant site for purposes of telehealth services; and (3) beginning in 2020, increases the maximum payment rate per visit for rural health clinics.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1