To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1614 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1614

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners 
  eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2025

Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Thompson of California, and 
    Mr. Smith of Nebraska) 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 expand practitioners 
  eligible to furnish telehealth services 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. EXPANDING PRACTITIONERS ELIGIBLE TO FURNISH TELEHEALTH 
              SERVICES UNDER MEDICARE.

    Section 1834(m)(4)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395m(m)(4)(E)) is amended by striking ``and,'' and all that follows 
through ``shall include'' and inserting ``and includes''.
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