[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1407 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1407

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove geographic 
requirements and expand originating sites for telehealth services under 
                         the Medicare program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 18, 2025

  Mr. Buchanan (for himself, Mr. Miller of Ohio, and Mr. Thompson of 
 California) introduced the following bill; which was referred 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove geographic 
requirements and expand originating sites for telehealth services under 
                         the Medicare program.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Permanent Telehealth from Home 
Act''.

SECTION 2. REMOVING GEOGRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS AND EXPANDING ORIGINATING 
              SITES FOR TELEHEALTH SERVICES UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(B)(iii)--
                    (A) by striking ``In the case that the emergency 
                period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) ends before 
                December 31, 2024, with'' and inserting ``With''; and
                    (B) by striking ``during the period beginning on 
                the first day after the end of such emergency period 
                and ending March 31, 2025'' and inserting ``after the 
                emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B)''; 
                and
            (2) in paragraph (4)(C)(iii)--
                    (A) by striking ``In the case that the emergency 
                period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) ends before 
                December 31, 2024, with'' and inserting ``With''; and
                    (B) by striking ``during the period beginning on 
                the first day after the end of such emergency period 
                and ending March 31, 2025'' and inserting ``after the 
                emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B)''.
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