US Congress Senate Bill 4211 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 2 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Modifies requirements relating to coverage of certain telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill removes restrictions that require the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) to be in certain rural areas and to be a specific type of facility, if the services (1) are mental health services furnished in a frontier state, or (2) are furnished in an Indian Health Service facility. Additionally, the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Agriculture must award grants for broadband infrastructure in frontier states to support the provision of mental health services via telehealth under Medicare.

Facilitating Reforms that Offer Necessary Telehealth In Every Rural (FRONTIER) Community Act

Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]

Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-02	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB7571 (Same As) 2020-09-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4211/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4211/BILLS-116s4211is.pdf