HEALTH Act of 2023
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedSep 20, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Helping Ensure Access to Local TeleHealth Act of 2023 or the HEALTH Act of 2023
This bill modifies requirements relating to Medicare coverage of telehealth services, including services that are furnished by federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and rural health clinics (RHCs).
Specifically, the bill expands coverage to include audio-only telehealth services. It also permanently allows FQHCs and RHCs to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner) for telehealth services and excludes such services from certain geographic restrictions. Payment must be made in the same manner as for non-telehealth services, rather than in accordance with a separate methodology determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 20, 2023 to Dec 9, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Sep 20, 2023 |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Sep 27, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Oct 11, 2023 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Oct 11, 2023 | |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Oct 20, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Nov 8, 2023 | |
| D-CO | Yadira Caraveo | Dec 13, 2023 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Dec 19, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Kat Cammack | Jan 29, 2024 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Feb 5, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Feb 26, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Feb 26, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Mar 5, 2024 | |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Mar 8, 2024 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Mar 19, 2024 | |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | Jun 14, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Dec 9, 2024 |
Committees 2
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 Sep 20, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 22, 2023 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 20, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 22, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 20, 2023Introduced in House
- Sep 20, 2023Referred 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H6113 | Glenn Thompson R-PA | Nov 20, 2024 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5462 | Glenn Thompson R-PA | Sep 19, 2024 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 152, September 20, 2023, page H4439.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-35 | TURBULENCE AHEAD: CONSEQUENCES OF DELAYING A LONG-TERM FAA BILL114 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Nov 30, 2023 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4437 | HEALTH Act of 2021 | Reintroduction of | Jul 19, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for permanent payments for telehealth services furnished by Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics under the Medicare program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- HEALTH Act of 2023
- Helping Ensure Access to Local TeleHealth Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 20, 2023Introduced 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.
