US Congress House Bill 5199 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-5)
Status: Introduced on November 20 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-11-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a grant program that supports specified health care services in rural or medically underserved areas. Specifically, HHS must award grants to health care entities serving rural areas, health-professional shortage areas, medically underserved populations, or Native Americans for (1) specified videoconferencing technology that connects health professionals with specialists (e.g., chronic-disease, mental-health, and substance-use disorder specialists), (2) retaining health care providers, and (3) increasing access to health care services.

ECHO Act of 2019 Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act of 2019

Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Xochitl Torres Small [D-NM]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]
Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Greg Gianforte [R-MT]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]
Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-11-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-11-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2019-11-20	House	Introduced in House

SB1618 (Related) 2019-05-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB1895 (Related) 2019-07-08 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 133.
SB3424 (Related) 2020-03-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB14 (Related) 2020-11-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5199/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5199/BILLS-116hr5199ih.pdf