,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ghhe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #cj1 #bjbj,ms4 
,porter 7for herself and ,mr4 ,upton7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the 
,,cares ,act to clarify authorized uses 
of provider relief funds1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,remote ,patient    
,monitoring ,access ,act or ,,rpm       
,access ,act4  #b4 ,clarification of    
authorized uses of provider relief funds
  7a7 ,clarification ,title ,,viii of   
division ,b of the ,coronavirus ,aid1   
,relief1 and ,economic ,security ,act   
7,public ,law #aaf-acf7 is amended in   
the third paragraph under the heading   
,office of the ,secretary--,public      
,health and ,social ,services ,emergency
 ,fund by inserting after the fifth     
proviso the following3 ,provided        
further1 ,that funds appropriated under 
this paragraph in this ,act shall be    

available for the costs associated with 
furnishing remote patient monitoring    
services that meet evidence-based       
practice guidelines or clinical practice
 guidelines 7including but not limited  
to such guidelines issued by            
professional medical associations1      
voluntary health organizations1 or      
agencies of the ,department of ,health  
and ,human ,services 7including the     
,national ,institutes of ,health77 and  
that meet appropriate patient data      
security and privacy standards          
7including but not limited to such      
standards established under the ,health 
,insurance ,portability and             
,accountability ,act of #aiif1 the      
,national ,institute of ,standards and  
,technology ,common ,security           
,framework1 or the international        
standard for information security       
management system ,,iso_/,,iec #bgjja734
  7b7 ,effective date ,the amendment    
made by subsection 7a7 shall take effect
 as if included in the enactment of the 

,coronavirus ,aid1 ,relief1 and         
,economic ,security ,act 7,public ,law  
#aaf-acf74