[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8505 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8505

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit the use of 
 telehealth for purposes of recertification of eligibility for hospice 
                                 care.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2022

 Mrs. Miller of West Virginia introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit the use of 
 telehealth for purposes of recertification of eligibility for hospice 
                                 care.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. USE OF TELEHEALTH TO CONDUCT FACE-TO-FACE ENCOUNTER PRIOR TO 
              RECERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HOSPICE CARE.

    Section 1814(a)(7)(D)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395f(a)(7)(D)(i)) is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(i) a hospice physician or nurse 
                        practitioner has a face-to-face encounter 
                        (which may be conducted via telehealth, as 
                        determined appropriate by the Secretary) with 
                        the individual to determine continued 
                        eligibility of the individual for hospice care 
                        prior to the 180th-day recertification and each 
                        subsequent recertification under subparagraph 
                        (A)(ii) and attests that such visit took place 
                        (in accordance with procedures established by 
                        the Secretary); and''.
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