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Calendar No. 553 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3228 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize health 

professional trainees to provide treatment via telemedicine, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘VA Mission Telehealth 

5 Clarification Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LICENSURE OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS 

7 PROVIDING TREATMENT VIA TELEMEDICINE. 

8 Section 1730C(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 

9 amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(b) COVERED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.— 

2 For purposes of this section, a covered health care profes3 sional is any of the following individuals: 

4 ‘‘(1) A health care professional who— 

5 ‘‘(A) is an employee of the Department ap6 pointed under section 7306, 7401, 7405, 7406, 

7 or 7408 of this title, or under title 5; 

8 ‘‘(B) is authorized by the Secretary to pro9 vide health care under this chapter; 

10 ‘‘(C) is required to adhere to all standards 

11 for quality relating to the provision of health 

12 care in accordance with applicable policies of 

13 the Department; and 

14 ‘‘(D) has— 

15 ‘‘(i) an active, current, full, and unre16 stricted license, registration, or certifi17 cation in a State to practice the health 

18 care profession of the health care profes19 sional; 

20 ‘‘(ii) qualifications prescribed by the 

21 Secretary under section 7402(b) of this 

22 title for an appointment to a position in 

23 the Veterans Health Administration; or 

24 ‘‘(iii) other authorization from the 

25 Secretary to provide health care. 


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1 ‘‘(2) A health professions trainee who— 

2 ‘‘(A) is appointed under section 7405 or 

3 7406 of this title; and 

4 ‘‘(B) is under the clinical supervision of a 

5 health care professional described in paragraph 

6 (1). 

7 ‘‘(3) A health care professional who— 

8 ‘‘(A) is appointed to a position described in 

9 paragraph (1) or (3) of section 7401 of this 

10 title under— 

11 ‘‘(i) section 7401 of this title; 

12 ‘‘(ii) section 7405 of this title; or 

13 ‘‘(iii) title 5; 

14 ‘‘(B) is in the process of obtaining, within 

15 a timeframe prescribed by the Secretary— 

16 ‘‘(i) a license, registration, or certifi17 cation described in paragraph (1)(D)(i); 

18 ‘‘(ii) qualifications described in para19 graph (1)(D)(ii); or 

20 ‘‘(iii) authorization described in sub21 paragraph (B) or (D)(iii) of paragraph (1); 

22 and 


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1 ‘‘(C) is under the clinical supervision of a 

2 health care professional described in paragraph 

3 (1).’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 

2020. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 553 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3228 

AN ACT 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorment via telemedicine, and for other purposes. ize health professional trainees to provide treatSEPTEMBER 23, 2020 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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