Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2005
Latest action · Oct 24, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 24, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act regarding telehealth services (services furnished via a telecommunication system by a physician to an enrolled individual) to: (1) remove current geographic restrictions on the provision of such services; (2) add to the kinds of facilities authorized to participate in the telehealth program; (3) provide for the expansion of use of store-and-forward technology; (4) add new kinds of practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services; (5) extend the meaning of covered telehealth services to any professional service meeting certain requirements; and (6) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to facilitate adoption of provisions allowing for multistate practitioner licensure across state lines.
Directs the Secretary to make grants for expanding access to health care services for individuals in rural areas, frontier areas, and urban medically underserved areas through the use of telehealth.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 20, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Jun 20, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 24, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Oct 24, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Oct 24, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11769-11770)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2807 | Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2005 | Related bill | Jun 17, 2005 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Authorization
- Chronically ill
- Clinics
- Colleges
- Commerce
- Community health services
- Computer networks
- Cost effectiveness
- Data banks
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational technology
- Elementary and secondary education
- Equipment and supplies
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Foundations
- Government and business
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health education
- Higher education
- Hospitals
- Housing and Community Development
- Libraries
- Medical education
- Medical records
- Medicare
- Mental care facilities
- Nonprofit organizations
- Nursing
- Nursing homes
- Quality of care
- Rural economic development
- Rural health
- School health programs
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Statistics
- Technology assessment
- Telemedicine
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 24, 2005Introduced in Senate
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