Medicare Telehealth Privacy Act of 2023

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6364 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6364

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to maintain certain 
    telehealth flexibilities relating to provider privacy under the 
                           Medicare program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 13, 2023

 Mr. Balderson (for himself, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. 
 Johnson of Ohio, and Mr. Carey) 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to maintain certain 
    telehealth flexibilities relating to provider privacy under the 
                           Medicare program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Telehealth Privacy Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. MAINTAINING CERTAIN TELEHEALTH FLEXIBILITIES RELATING TO 
              PROVIDER PRIVACY UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(10) Ensuring physician and practitioner privacy.--In the 
        case of a physician or practitioner who elects to furnish 
        telehealth services at a distant site that is the home of such 
        physician or practitioner, if the Secretary requires such 
        physician or practitioner to include the address of such home 
        on any enrollment form of such physician or practitioner under 
        this title (or requires such physician or practitioner to bill 
        for such services using such address), the Secretary may not 
        make such address available to the public in any manner.''.
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