118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 4189CONNECT for Health Act of 2023

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes.

Health
Introduced Jun 15, 2023
Last action Dec 17, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
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Referred
Dec 17, 2024
E&C · Ways & Means
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill expands coverage of telehealth services under Medicare. Among other provisions, the bill permanently removes geographic restrictions on originating sites (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) and allows the home of the beneficiary to serve as the originating site for all services;permanently allows federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner); andallows the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to generally waive coverage restrictions during any public health emergency.Additionally, the CMS must post certain information about the effects of Medicare telehealth services on i...

Provisions · 18 sectionsIntroduced in House
9 provisions
3 provisions
4 provisions
Timeline · 5 actions
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 16, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 15, 2023
Introduced in House
Jun 15, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 15, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.