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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4918
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 3, 2021Mr. Rosendale introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include store-and-forward technologies as telecommunications systems through which telehealth services may be furnished for payment under the Medicare program.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Rural Telehealth Expansion Act.
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Medicare payment for store-and-forward technologies used to furnish telehealth services
Section 1834(m)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(1)) is amended by striking in the case of any Federal telemedicine demonstration program conducted in Alaska or Hawaii,.