Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024
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.
- IntroducedMar 12, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024
This bill modifies requirements relating to coverage of telehealth services under Medicare.
Specifically, the bill permanently extends certain flexibilities that were initially authorized during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19. Among other things, the bill allows (1) rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner); (2) the home of a beneficiary to serve as the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) for all services (rather than for only certain services); and (3) all types of practitioners to furnish telehealth services, as determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2024 to Dec 11, 2024; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Mar 12, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Original | Mar 12, 2024 |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Original | Mar 12, 2024 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Mar 12, 2024 |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Original | Mar 12, 2024 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Mar 12, 2024 |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Original | Mar 12, 2024 |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Apr 5, 2024 | |
| R-IN | Greg Pence | Apr 9, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 9, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Apr 11, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Apr 26, 2024 | |
| R-FL | Scott Franklin | May 31, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Jun 25, 2024 | |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Jun 27, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Jul 2, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Wiley Nickel | Jul 22, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Aug 2, 2024 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Aug 2, 2024 | |
| R-TN | Mark E. Green | Sep 18, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Anthony D'Esposito | Sep 19, 2024 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Sep 23, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Sep 24, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Oct 25, 2024 | |
| D-OH | Emilia Strong Sykes | Nov 19, 2024 | |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | Nov 19, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Dec 3, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Dec 4, 2024 | |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Dec 11, 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 Mar 12, 2024Markup Sep 18, 2024 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 15, 2024Markup May 16, 2024Reported May 16, 2024 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 12, 2024 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 18, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 18, 2024Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
- May 16, 2024Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- May 16, 2024Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 0.
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. 170, no. 44, March 12, 2024, page H1148.
Printed hearings 3
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. 118-417 | FROM INFANCY TO AGING: THE EFFECTS OF CAREGIVING. ACROSS THE LIFESPAN68 pages | Aging (Special) Committee | Aug 7, 2024 |
| S. Hrg. 118-804 | RURAL HEALTH CARE: SUPPORTING LIVES AND IMPROVING COMMUNITIES240 pages | Finance Committee | May 16, 2024 |
| S. Hrg. 118-781 | BOLSTERING CHRONIC CARE THROUGH MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAYMENT290 pages | Finance Committee | Apr 11, 2024 |
Titles 2
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 make permanent certain telehealth flexibilities under the Medicare program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2024Introduced 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.
