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S. 3643 116th Congress Senate

VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize certain postgraduate health care employees and health professions trainees of the Department of Vete… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize certain postgraduate health care employees and health professions trainees of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide treatment via telemedicine, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 11, 2020 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 15, 2020
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 545.
Sep 15, 2020
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran without amendment. Without written report.
Aug 5, 2020
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
May 7, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 7, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action September 15, 2020

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 545.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act

This bill authorizes additional individuals to provide treatment to veterans via telemedicine.

Specifically, the bill authorizes the following individuals to provide treatment to veterans via telemedicine:

  • specified health care professionals who have the qualifications set forth by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA);
  • appointed postgraduate health care employees who are under clinical supervision and must obtain an active, current, full, and unrestricted certification or meet qualification standards set forth by the VA in a specified time frame; and
  • VA health professional trainees who are under the supervision of a VA health care professional who is authorized to provide health care via telemedicine.
 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 3228 VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act
  • S 4049 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
  • HR 7992 Telehealth Act
 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
R
Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Dec 11, 2020
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · May 12, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3643: VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3643/
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"S. 3643: VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3643/.
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S. 3643, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3643/.
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[S. 3643: VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3643/)
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