Current status is 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.

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1407

1. Short title
2. Removing geographic requirements and expanding originating sites for telehealth services under the Medicare program

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "Permanent Telehealth from Home Act".

2. Removing geographic requirements and expanding originating sites for telehealth services under the Medicare program

Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)) is amended—

(1) - in paragraph (2)(B)(iii)—

(A) - by striking "In the case that the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) ends before December 31, 2024, with" and inserting "With"; and

(B) - by striking "during the period beginning on the first day after the end of such emergency period and ending March 31, 2025" and inserting "after the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B)"; and

(2) - in paragraph (4)(C)(iii)—