Special Registration for Telemedicine Clarification Act of 2018
Latest action · Jun 13, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedApr 12, 2018
- Passed HouseJun 12, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Special Registration for Telemedicine Clarification Act of 2018
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish a deadline for the Drug Enforcement Administration to promulgate regulations for the special registration of practitioners to practice telemedicine.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 12, 2018 to May 24, 2018; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Apr 12, 2018 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Apr 12, 2018 |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Original | Apr 12, 2018 |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | Apr 12, 2018 |
| R-GA | Karen C. Handel | Original | Apr 12, 2018 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Apr 16, 2018 | |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | Apr 17, 2018 | |
| R-MS | Gregg Harper | Apr 24, 2018 | |
| R-OR | Greg Walden | May 11, 2018 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | May 11, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | May 24, 2018 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 12, 2018Markup May 9, 2018 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 25, 2018Markup Apr 25, 2018Reported Apr 25, 2018 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 12, 2018 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Apr 24, 2018 | |
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Jun 13, 2018 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Jun 12, 2018Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 12, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5060-5061)
- Jun 12, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5483.
- Jun 12, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5060)
- Jun 12, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 9, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 9, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Apr 25, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 25, 2018Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 25, 2018Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
- Apr 24, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Apr 12, 2018Introduced in House
- Apr 12, 2018Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1537 | Cheri Bustos D-IL | Nov 16, 2018 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5060, H5061Text printed H5060 | Cheri Bustos D-IL, Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Greg Walden R-OR | Jun 12, 2018 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 8, 2018H.R. 5483, Special Registration for Telemedicine Clarification Act of 2018As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 9, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 59, April 12, 2018, page H3210.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-702 | RURAL HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES169 pages | Finance Committee | May 24, 2018 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45240 | The Special Registration for Telemedicine: In Brief Archived | Report | Dec 7, 2018 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6 | SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act | Related bill | Oct 24, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To impose a deadline for the promulgation of interim final regulations in accordance with section 311(h) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 831(h)) specifying the circumstances in which a special registration may be issued to a practitioner to engage in the practice of telemedicine, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Special Registration for Telemedicine Clarification Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Special Registration for Telemedicine Clarification Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2018Referred in Senate
- Jun 12, 2018Engrossed in House
- Apr 12, 2018Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
