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S 3951 116th Congress Senate

Increasing Rural Health Access During the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Act of 2020

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a virtual health pilot program to facilitate utilization of remote patient mo… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a virtual health pilot program to facilitate utilization of remote patient monitoring technology to maintain or expand access to health care services for individuals in rural areas during the COVID-19 emergency period, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 11, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Jun 11, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 11, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 11, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7190 Identical bill Increasing Rural Health Access During the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Act of 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3951: Increasing Rural Health Access During the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3951/
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"S. 3951: Increasing Rural Health Access During the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3951/.
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S. 3951, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3951/.
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[S. 3951: Increasing Rural Health Access During the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Act of 2020](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3951/)
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