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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1428 

Supporting the designation of the week of September 15, 2024, through 

September 21, 2024, as ‘‘Telehealth Awareness Week’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 

Mr. CARTER of Georgia (for himself, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. CURTIS, Ms. SEWELL, 

Mr. THOMPSON of California, and Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER) submitted 

the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 

and Commerce 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the designation of the week of September 15, 

2024, through September 21, 2024, as ‘‘Telehealth 

Awareness Week’’. 

Whereas telehealth allows health care practitioners to provide 

services to patients or other practitioners in different 

physical locations; 

Whereas telehealth significantly supported access to quality 

health care for millions during the COVID–19 public 

health emergency and remains essential postemergency; 

Whereas, in 2023, nearly 7,000,000 unique Medicare fee-forservice (FFS) beneficiaries received at least 1 telehealth 

service, with one-quarter of Medicare FFS beneficiaries 

utilizing telehealth; 


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Whereas the number of Medicare FFS telehealth users in 

2023 is 24 percent higher than in 2019, prepandemic; 

Whereas the percentage of Medicare FFS beneficiaries using 

telehealth has remained relatively stable in 2023; 

Whereas increased access to telehealth during the COVID–19 

pandemic has positively shifted patients’ perceptions, 

with study findings indicating greater openness to using 

telehealth services; 

Whereas telehealth now represents a critical component of 

health care delivery, balancing in-person and virtual care, 

following its unprecedented use during the public health 

emergency; 

Whereas legislative efforts to increase telehealth access have 

garnered broad bicameral bipartisan support in both the 

Senate and the House of Representatives; 

Whereas data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey 

and the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey indicate that individuals with disabilities are more likely to 

use audio-only services, with the highest usage among 

Medicare beneficiaries with multiple disabilities (41.8 percent); 

Whereas the United States has the opportunity to improve 

broader access to health services for all individuals, including members of rural and underserved communities; 

and 

Whereas ‘‘Telehealth Awareness Week’’, September 15, 2024, 

through September 21, 2024, unites the efforts of patients, caregivers, health care providers, policymakers, 

and other stakeholders to advance the role of telehealth 

in health care: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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1 (1) supports the designation of ‘‘Telehealth 

2 Awareness Week’’; 

3 (2) recognizes the impact of telehealth in deliv4 ering health care services to patients across the 

5 United States; and 

6 (3) urges that steps be taken— 

7 (A) to raise awareness about the benefits 

8 of expanding telehealth; 

9 (B) to highlight resources for health care 

10 providers and patients regarding telehealth; 

11 (C) to collect and analyze data on the im12 pacts of telehealth; and 

13 (D) to promote continued access to tele14 health for all communities and across settings 

15 permanently. 

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