,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fech  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ag1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,kennedy 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,upton1 and
 ,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for a temporary  
increase in ,federal financial          
participation under the ,medicaid       
program for telehealth services1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,modernized   
,medicine ,act4  #b4 ,temporary increase
 in ,medicaid ,federal financial        
participation for telehealth services   
7a7 ,in general ,subject to subsection  
7b71 for each calendar quarter occurring
 during the period beginning on the     
first day of the emergency period       
defined in paragraph 7#a77;,b7 of       
section #aace7;g7 of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acbj;b-#e7;g77 and ending on the last  
day of the calendar quarter in which the

 last day of such emergency period      
occurs1 in the case of a ,state that has
 expenditures for telehealth services   
furnished during such quarter for which 
payment may be made to the ,state under 
section #aijc7;a7 of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acif;b7a771 the percentage of ,federal 
financial participation otherwise       
required to be paid to such ,state under
 such section for such amounts expended 
shall be increased by one percentage    
point4  7b7 ,requirements ,a ,state     
described in subsection 7a7 may not     
receive the percentage increase in      
,federal financial participation        
described in such subsection with       
respect to a calendar quarter unless the
 ,state provides for telehealth services
 under the ,state plan approved under   
such title ,,xix 7or a waiver of such   
plan7 during such quarter in the same   
manner and to the same extent that      
telehealth services are covered under   
section #ahcd7m7 of the ,social         

,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#aciem7m771 including pursuant to any   
waiver under section #aace of such ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acbj;b-#e74 ,nothing in 
the preceding sentence shall be         
construed as requiring a ,state to pay  
for telehealth services furnished to an 
individual eligible under the ,state    
plan 7or waiver7 at a rate that would   
exceed the payment amount that otherwise
 would be made under the ,state plan 7or
 waiver7 for such services4