S 3193
117th Congress
Senate
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Home and outpatient care
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Expanded Telehealth Access Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 4, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 4, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Expanded Telehealth Access Act
This bill permanently allows audiologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, and other providers designated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide telehealth services under Medicare.
Currently, the CMS is authorized to waive requirements for Medicare telehealth services during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19, and it has done so to allow all providers that are otherwise eligible to furnish in-person services under Medicare to also furnish telehealth services.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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