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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1144 

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a strategy for telehealth 

furnished by the Veterans Health Administration and submit a report 

on end-user devices distributed by the Secretary to veterans to facilitate 

such telehealth. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 21, 2023 

Mr. ROSENDALE (for himself and Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a 

strategy for telehealth furnished by the Veterans Health 

Administration and submit a report on end-user devices 

distributed by the Secretary to veterans to facilitate such 

telehealth. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Vet5 erans Affairs Telehealth Strategy Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TELEHEALTH STRATEGY OF THE VETERANS 

2 HEALTH ADMINISTRATION. 

3 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact4 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

5 submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the 

6 House of Representatives and the Senate a strategy for 

7 telehealth services furnished by the Veterans Health Ad8 ministration. Such strategy shall contain the following ele9 ments: 

10 (1) A projection of demand for such telehealth 

11 services for the fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026, 

12 including— 

13 (A) aggregate demand for telehealth serv14 ices; 

15 (B) such demand, disaggregated by pri16 mary care, relevant specialties, and mental 

17 health; 

18 (C) such demand, disaggregated by tele19 health modality; and 

20 (D) demand described in subparagraphs 

21 (B) and (C) disaggregated by State. 

22 (2) An estimate of the technology needed to 

23 support demand described in paragraph (1), includ24 ing— 

25 (A) quantities of end-user devices, other 

26 hardware, software, and services; 


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1 (B) costs of end-user devices, other hard2 ware, software, and services; and 

3 (C) quantities and costs described in sub4 paragraphs (A) and (B), respectively, 

5 disaggregated by— 

6 (i) remote patient monitoring and 

7 home telehealth prosthetics; 

8 (ii) home- and community-based serv9 ices; 

10 (iii) clinic-based services; and 

11 (iv) hospital and emergency services. 

12 SEC. 3. REPORT ON END-USER TELEHEALTH DEVICES FUR13 NISHED BY THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINIS14 TRATION. 

15 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact16 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

17 submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the 

18 House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the 

19 utilization of end-user devices provided to veterans by the 

20 Department to facilitate telehealth during fiscal years 

21 2023 and 2024. Such report shall contain the following 

22 elements: 

23 (1) How many of each type of end-user devices, 

24 in total and disaggregated by State, the Secretary 

25 has provided to veterans. 


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1 (2) Usage rates of the devices described in 

2 paragraph (1). 

3 (3) Total cost to purchase and distribute the 

4 devices described in paragraph (1). 

5 (4) The number of devices described in para6 graph (1) returned to the Department. 

7 (5) The number of devices described in para8 graph (4) subsequently provided to other veterans. 

9 SEC. 4. STATE DEFINED. 

10 In this Act, the term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning given 

11 such term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code. 

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