,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gcia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bf1 #bjbj,ms4 
,sherrill 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,kevin     
,hern of ,oklahoma1 and ,mr4 ,schrader7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
amend title ,,xviii of the ,social      
,security ,act to remove certain        
geographic and originating site         
restrictions on the furnishing of       
telehealth services under the ,medicare 
program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,protect ,telehealth
 ,access ,act of #bjbj4  #b4 ,removing  
certain geographic and originating site 
restrictions on the furnishing of       
telehealth services under the ,medicare 
program  7a7 ,in general ,section       
#ahcd7m77#d77;,c7 of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#aciem7m77#d77;,c77 is amended-- 7#a7 in
 clause 7i71 by striking and only if and
 all that follows through the period at 

the end and inserting a period2 and     
7#b7 in clause 7ii77,x71 by striking 1  
but only for and all that follows       
through the period at the end and       
inserting a period4  7b7 ,conforming    
amendments ,section #ahcd7m7 of the     
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciem7m771 as amended by subsection    
7a71 is further amended-- 7#a7 in       
paragraph 7#a71 by striking paragraph   
7#h7 and inserting paragraph 7#f72  7#b7
 in paragraph 7#b7-- 7,a7 in            
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking paragraph
 7#h7 and inserting paragraph 7#f72 and 
7,b7 in subparagraph 7,b77i71 by        
striking paragraph 7#f77;,c7 and        
inserting paragraph 7#e77;,b72  7#c7 in 
paragraph 7#d7-- 7,a7 in subparagraph   
7,a71 by striking paragraph 7#h7 and    
inserting paragraph 7#f72  7,b7 in      
subparagraph 7,c77i71 by striking       
paragraphs 7#e71 7#f71 and 7#g7 and     
inserting paragraph 7#e72 and  7,c7 in  
subparagraph 7,f77i71 by striking       
paragraph 7#h7 and inserting paragraph  

7#f72  7#d7 by striking paragraph 7#e72 
7#e7 in paragraph 7#f7-- 7,a7 by        
redesignating such paragraph as         
paragraph 7#e72  7,b7 by striking       
subparagraph 7,a72  7,c7 by             
redesignating subparagraphs 7,b7 and    
7,c7 as subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b71    
respectively2 and  7,d7 in subparagraph 
7,a71 as so redesignated1 by striking   
described in subparagraph 7,a7 and      
inserting furnished on or after ,january
 #a1 #bjai1 for purposes of diagnosis1  
evaluation1 or treatment of symptoms of 
an acute stroke1 as determined by the   
,secretary2  7#f7 by striking paragraph 
7#g72 and  7#g7 by redesignating        
paragraph 7#h7 as paragraph 7#f74