,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ffed  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #a1 #bjbj,mrs4  
,axne 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,balderson1 and
 ,mr4 ,hill of ,arkansas7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
,ways and ,means1 for a period to be    
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xi of the  
,social ,security ,act to ensure the    
extension of the telehealth waiver      
authority of the ,secretary of ,health  
and ,human ,services to physical        
therapists1 occupational therapists1    
speech language-pathologists1 and       
certain other providers4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,emergency ,,covid ,telehealth ,response
 ,act4  #b4 ,ensuring extension of      
,secretarial telehealth waiver authority

 to physical therapists1 occupational   
therapists1 speech                      
language-pathologists1 and certain other
 providers ,subsection 7b7 of section   
#aace of the ,social ,security ,act is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following new sentence3 ,in exercising  
authority under paragraph 7#h7 during   
the period beginning on ,march #a1      
#bjbj1 and ending on the last day of the
 emergency period described in          
subsection 7g77#a77;,b71 the ,secretary 
shall provide that a practitioner       
described in section #ahcd7m7 shall be  
treated as including a physical         
therapist1 physical therapist assistant 
working under the supervision of a      
physical therapist1 occupational        
therapist1 occupational therapy         
assistant working under the supervision 
of an occupational therapist1 speech    
language-pathologist1 clinical social   
worker 7as defined in section           
#ahfa7;hh77#a771 and audiologist4 4