HR 3228 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act

Introduced Jun 12, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 23, 2020 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 553.

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.

  1. IntroducedJun 12, 2019
  2. Passed HouseSep 22, 2020
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act

This bill authorizes health professions trainees of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide treatment to veterans via telemedicine. To provide such treatment, a trainee must be under the supervision of a VA health care professional who is authorized to provide health care via telemedicine. In order to provide treatment via telemedicine or supervision of telemedicine, a health care professional must have specified qualifications for their position or other authorization from the VA.

The bill also authorizes health care professional appointees of the Veterans Health Administration who are in the process of obtaining a license, qualification, or other authorization to provide treatment via telemedicine so long as they are under the supervision of a health care professional who is authorized to provide treatment via telemedicine.

Cosponsors 13

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2019 to Sep 21, 2020; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyOriginalJun 12, 2019
R-KYAndy BarrOriginalJun 12, 2019
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalJun 12, 2019
R-MTGreg GianforteOriginalJun 12, 2019
R-INJim BanksOriginalJun 12, 2019
R-KSSteve WatkinsOriginalJun 12, 2019
R-FLW. Gregory SteubeOriginalJun 12, 2019
D-NHChris PappasSep 9, 2019
R-NCTed BuddFeb 13, 2020
D-CAJosh HarderMay 12, 2020
R-SCTom RiceAug 25, 2020
D-VAElaine G. LuriaAug 28, 2020
D-NJJosh GottheimerSep 21, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred Jun 12, 2019Hearings Jul 23, 2020Markup Jul 30, 2020
Health Subcommittee
Referred Jun 25, 2019

Actions 12

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 23, 2020Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 553.
  2. Sep 22, 2020Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  3. Sep 22, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4680-4682)
  4. Sep 22, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3228.
  5. Sep 22, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4680-4681)
  6. Sep 22, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  7. Jul 30, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  8. Jul 30, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  9. Jul 23, 2020Committee Hearings Held.
  10. Jun 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  11. Jun 12, 2019Introduced in House
  12. Jun 12, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

In the Congressional Record 1

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H4680–H4682Text printed H4680David P. Roe R-TN, Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA, Mark Takano D-CASep 22, 2020

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

  1. Sep 22, 2020H.R. 3228, VA Mission Telehealth Clarification ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 30, 2020

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 98, June 12, 2019, page H4628.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 116-30COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS MEMBER DAY112 pagesVeterans' Affairs CommitteeSep 10, 2019

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3643VA Mission Telehealth Clarification ActRelated billSep 15, 2020
S 4049National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021Related billAug 7, 2020
HR 7992Telehealth ActRelated billOct 6, 2020

Titles 4

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize health professional trainees to provide treatment via telemedicine, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act
Short Title(s) as Passed House
VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act
Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 23, 2020Placed on Calendar Senate
  2. Sep 22, 2020Engrossed in House
  3. Jun 12, 2019Introduced in House

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