Text: H.R.7885 — 116th Congress (2019-2020)All Information (Except Text)

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Introduced in House (07/30/2020)


116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7885


To amend the CARES Act to clarify authorized uses of provider relief funds, and for other purposes.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 30, 2020

Ms. Porter (for herself and Mr. Upton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce


A BILL

To amend the CARES Act to clarify authorized uses of provider relief funds, and for other purposes.

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 “Remote Patient Monitoring Access Act” or “RPM Access Act”.

SEC. 2. Clarification of authorized uses of provider relief funds.

(a) Clarification.—Title VIII of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended in the third paragraph under the heading “Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund” by inserting after the fifth proviso the following: “Provided further, That funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act shall be available for the costs associated with furnishing remote patient monitoring services that meet evidence-based practice guidelines or clinical practice guidelines (including but not limited to such guidelines issued by professional medical associations, voluntary health organizations, or agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services (including the National Institutes of Health)) and that meet appropriate patient data security and privacy standards (including but not limited to such standards established under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the National Institute of Standards and Technology Common Security Framework, or the international standard for information security management system ISO/IEC 27001):”.

(b) Effective date.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136).


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