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S. 4216 116th Congress Senate

KEEP Telehealth Options Act of 2020

Official title: A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct studies and report to Congress on actio… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct studies and report to Congress on actions taken to expand access to telehealth services under the Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance programs during the COVID-19 emergency.

Introduced: July 20, 2020 Introduced by: Deb Fischer Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 20, 2020
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 Latest action July 20, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Knowing the Efficiency and Efficacy of Permanent Telehealth Options Act of 2020 or the KEEP Telehealth Options Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report on the availability and effects of expanded telehealth services under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Among other information, HHS must detail its actions during the emergency to expand access to telehealth services and must analyze telehealth usage by certain demographic groups. The GAO must report on the efficiency and management of the telehealth expansion and related risks of fraudulent activity.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 7233 Identical bill Knowing the Efficiency and Efficacy of Permanent Telehealth Options Act of 2020
  • HR 7992 Telehealth Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Nov 10, 2020
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Oct 20, 2020
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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Oct 20, 2020
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Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Jul 20, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4216: KEEP Telehealth Options Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4216/
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"S. 4216: KEEP Telehealth Options Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4216/.
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S. 4216, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4216/.
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