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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1407 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove geographic require- |
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| 6 | 6 | | ments and expand originating sites for telehealth services under the |
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| 7 | 7 | | Medicare program. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY18, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | UCHANAN(for himself, Mr. MILLERof Ohio, and Mr. THOMPSONof |
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| 12 | 12 | | California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 13 | 13 | | mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on |
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| 14 | 14 | | Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within |
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| 16 | 16 | | the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove |
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| 19 | 19 | | geographic requirements and expand originating sites for |
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| 20 | 20 | | telehealth services under the Medicare program. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Permanent Telehealth 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | from Home Act’’. 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. REMOVING GEOGRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS AND 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | EXPANDING ORIGINATING SITES FOR TELE-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | HEALTH SERVICES UNDER THE MEDICARE 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | PROGRAM. 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act (42 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | U.S.C. 1395m(m)) is amended— 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) in paragraph (2)(B)(iii)— 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (A) by striking ‘‘In the case that the emer-8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | gency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ends before December 31, 2024, with’’ and in-10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | serting ‘‘With’’; and 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (B) by striking ‘‘during the period begin-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ning on the first day after the end of such 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | emergency period and ending March 31, 2025’’ 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | and inserting ‘‘after the emergency period de-15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | scribed in section 1135(g)(1)(B)’’; and 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) in paragraph (4)(C)(iii)— 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (A) by striking ‘‘In the case that the emer-18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | gency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ends before December 31, 2024, with’’ and in-20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | serting ‘‘With’’; and 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (B) by striking ‘‘during the period begin-22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ning on the first day after the end of such 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | emergency period and ending March 31, 2025’’ 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | •HR 1407 IH |
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| 56 | 56 | | and inserting ‘‘after the emergency period de-1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | scribed in section 1135(g)(1)(B)’’. 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Æ |
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