,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hgbc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #cj1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,yoho 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,thompson of ,mississippi1 ,mr4         
,tiffany1 and ,mr4 ,hagedorn7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to condition     
receipt of ,state funding from the      
,bureau of ,health ,workforce on        
adoption by the ,state of the           
,interstate ,medical ,licensure         
,compact1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,conditioning receipt of ,state funding 
from the ,bureau of ,health ,workforce  
on adoption by the ,state of the        
,interstate ,medical ,licensure ,compact
 ,in the case of a ,state that has not1 
by the date that is #c years after the  
date of the enactment of this ,act1     
joined1 through enactment of a ,state   
law1 the ,interstate ,medical ,licensure
 ,compact facilitating physician        
interstate licensure1 as of the day     

after such #c-year period1 the ,state   
shall not be eligible for any funds or  
assistance administered by the ,bureau  
of ,health ,workforce of the ,health    
,resources and ,services ,administration
 of the ,department of ,health and      
,human ,services4 ,in the case of a     
,state that becomes ineligible for such 
funds or assistance pursuant to the     
previous sentence1 if such ,state after 
such #c-year date joins1 through        
enactment of a ,state law1 the          
,interstate ,medical ,licensure         
,compact1 the ,secretary of ,health and 
,human ,services may determine such     
,state is no longer ineligible for such 
funds or assistance pursuant to the     
previous sentence4  #b4 ,conditioning   
certain professional licensing board    
grants on provision of specialty        
physician public awareness campaign on  
telemedicine ,section #ccj,l of the     
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bed;c-#ah7 is amended-- 7#a7 
by redesignating subsection 7b7 as      

subsection 7c72  7#b7 by inserting after
 subsection 7c7 the following new       
subsection3  7c7 ,public awareness      
campaign ,a grant may not be made under 
subsection 7a7 to a professional        
licensing board that participates in the
 licensure of physicians unless the     
professional licensure board provides   
for a public awareness campaign to      
encourage specialty physicians to       
practice telemedicine4  2 and  7#c7 in  
subsection 7c71 as redesignated by      
paragraph 7#a71 by striking fiscal years
 #bjjb through #bjjf and inserting      
fiscal years #bjba through #bjbe4