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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 207 

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage and 

payment for certain tests and assistive telehealth consultations, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2023 

Mr. SCHWEIKERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees 

on Ways and Means, and Veterans’ Affairs, 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 

A BILL 

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 

coverage and payment for certain tests and assistive 

telehealth consultations, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Advanced Safe Testing at Residence Telehealth Act of 

6 2023’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is 

8 as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Coverage and payment for certain tests and assistive telehealth consultations; demonstration program under certain State Medicaid programs. 

‘‘Sec. 1859A. Tests and assistive telehealth consultations demonstration. 

Sec. 3. Pilot program on improved access to certain tests and assistive telehealth consultations for veterans. 

1 SEC. 2. COVERAGE AND PAYMENT FOR CERTAIN TESTS 

2 AND ASSISTIVE TELEHEALTH CONSULTA3 TIONS; DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM UNDER 

4 CERTAIN STATE MEDICAID PROGRAMS. 

5 (a) TESTS AND ASSISTIVE TELEHEALTH CONSULTA6 TIONS DEMONSTRATION.—Part C of title XVIII of the So7 cial Security Act is amended by inserting after section 

8 1859 (42 U.S.C. 1395w–28) the following new subsection: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 1859A. TESTS AND ASSISTIVE TELEHEALTH CON10 SULTATIONS DEMONSTRATION. 

11 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab13 lish a Value-Based Insurance Design Model dem14 onstration program (in this section referred to as 

15 the ‘VBID demonstration program’) to provide to el16 igible Medicare beneficiaries— 

17 ‘‘(A) an assistive telehealth consultation 

18 that is furnished via a telecommunications sys19 tem by a physician or practitioner to an eligible 

20 telehealth individual enrolled under part B not21 withstanding that the individual physician or 

22 practitioner ordering the test did not furnish 


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1 the test or that the individual physician or 

2 practitioner providing the assistive telehealth 

3 consultation is not at the same location as the 

4 beneficiary; and 

5 ‘‘(B) home and community-based care. 

6 ‘‘(2) AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary shall enter 

7 into agreements with eligible MA organizations 

8 under which such organizations shall offer eligible 

9 MA plans under the VBID demonstration program 

10 to eligible Medicare beneficiaries. 

11 ‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS ON NUMBER OF PLANS FOR

12 VBID DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—The VBID dem13 onstration program shall be carried out with respect 

14 to not greater than 25 MA plans, with a minimum 

15 of 10 MA plans that serve rural or underserved 

16 areas. 

17 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE MA PLANS DEFINED.—For pur18 poses of this section, the term ‘eligible MA plan’ 

19 means a plan that, in addition to items and services 

20 for which coverage is otherwise provided under this 

21 part (including benefits under section 1852(a)(3) 

22 and notwithstanding any waivers under section 

23 1915(c)), provides for coverage of— 

24 ‘‘(A) tests that are medical devices (as de25 fined in section 201(h) of the Federal Food, 


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1 Drug, and Cosmetic Act or wearable patient 

2 monitoring device, including adaptive artificial 

3 intelligence, machine learning, and software as 

4 a medical device (SaMD) technologies that op5 erate to the full scope of medical purpose de6 fined by the Administrator of the Food and 

7 Drug Administration) and are identified by the 

8 Secretary as having appropriate at home use 

9 that is approved under section 505 of the Fed10 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and are ei11 ther— 

12 ‘‘(i) a diagnostic test or screening for 

13 the diagnosis of influenza or a similar res14 piratory condition that is required to ob15 tain a final diagnosis of COVID–19 for an 

16 individual when such test is ordered by a 

17 physician or practitioner in conjunction 

18 with a COVID–19 diagnostic test or 

19 screening for purposes of discounting a di20 agnosis of influenza or a related diagnosis 

21 for such individual; 

22 ‘‘(ii) a serology test for COVID–19; 

23 ‘‘(iii) a diagnostic test or screening for 

24 the diagnosis of prostate cancer, ovarian 

25 cancer, breast cancer, hypothyroidism, 


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1 rheumatoid arthritis, celiac disease, vas2 cular inflammation, cardiovascular health, 

3 strep throat, or lipoprotein (A); 

4 ‘‘(iv) a haptoglobin genetic test; 

5 ‘‘(v) a prediabetes and diabetes 

6 screening; 

7 ‘‘(vi) an IgE allergy test; 

8 ‘‘(vii) a screening or diagnostic cap9 sule endoscopy; or 

10 ‘‘(viii) any other test identified by the 

11 Secretary, including those proposed by the 

12 MA organization, as having appropriate for 

13 at-home use that is approved under section 

14 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos15 metic Act; 

16 ‘‘(B) assistive telehealth consultations; 

17 ‘‘(C) telehealth services; 

18 ‘‘(D) fitness benefits; 

19 ‘‘(E) meal benefits (beyond limited basis); 

20 ‘‘(F) transportation services; 

21 ‘‘(G) safety and other equipment not oth22 erwise covered under this title; and 

23 ‘‘(H) care in rural or highly rural areas (as 

24 determined in consultation with the Secretary 


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1 of Agriculture using the Rural-Urban Com2 muting Areas coding system). 

3 ‘‘(5) OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO DOCU4 MENTATION AND CLAIMS REVIEW.—The require5 ments of paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 

6 410.32(d) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations 

7 (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this 

8 paragraph), relating to documentation and claims 

9 review, respectively, shall apply to a test described in 

10 paragraph (4)(A) and an assistive telehealth con11 sultation. 

12 ‘‘(6) DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.—To be eligible for 

13 reimbursement under this paragraph, each claim for 

14 reimbursement shall include, with respect to each el15 igible Medicare beneficiary, the following demo16 graphic data: 

17 ‘‘(A) Age. 

18 ‘‘(B) Race and ethnicity. 

19 ‘‘(C) Gender. 

20 ‘‘(D) An affirmative or negative statement 

21 of the existence of any chronic condition. 

22 ‘‘(E) Any other information the Secretary 

23 determines appropriate. 

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1 health consultation’ means a telehealth service (as 

2 defined in section 1834(m)(4)(F)) that is— 

3 ‘‘(A) an evaluation and management serv4 ice; 

5 ‘‘(B) an assessment of any evidence of sys6 tems which would make a diagnostic test or 

7 screening necessary to be furnished in the home 

8 of an eligible telehealth individual; 

9 ‘‘(C) the ordering of a diagnostic test or 

10 screening; 

11 ‘‘(D) an assessment of an individual suc12 ceeding the delivery of a diagnostic test or 

13 screening; 

14 ‘‘(E) any assistance in the collection (or 

15 transmission) of images or data necessary for a 

16 diagnostic test or screening and securing the 

17 sample for shipping; 

18 ‘‘(F) the referral of an eligible telehealth 

19 individual to a physician or practitioner for in20 person treatment; or 

21 ‘‘(G) the review of a diagnostic test or 

22 screening by a physician or practitioner. 

23 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE MA ORGANIZATIONS.—For purposes 

24 of this section, the term ‘eligible MA organization’ means 

25 an MA organization that— 


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1 ‘‘(1) is located in a State that the Secretary has 

2 determined is able to participate in the VBID dem3 onstration program by agreeing to make available 

4 data necessary for purposes of conducting the inde5 pendent evaluation required under subsection (h); 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(2) meets such other criteria as the Secretary 

8 may require. 

9 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE MEDICARE BENEFICIARY DE10 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘eligible Medicare bene11 ficiary’ means a Medicare beneficiary who— 

12 ‘‘(1) is eligible for benefits under this title 

13 and— 

14 ‘‘(A) is eligible to enroll in an eligible MA 

15 plan under the VBID demonstration program; 

16 ‘‘(B) is a subsidy-eligible individual (as de17 fined in section 1860D–14(a)(3)(A)); and 

18 ‘‘(C) is age 65 or older; or 

19 ‘‘(2) is a dual eligible individual (as defined in 

20 section 1915(h)(2)(B)) or qualified medicare bene21 ficiary (as defined in section 1905(p)(1)) who is eli22 gible for medical assistance under a State plan 

23 under title XIX. 

24 ‘‘(d) PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall establish pay25 ment rates for eligible MA organizations offering eligible 


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1 MA plans under the VBID demonstration program for 

2 benefits covered under such program (and not otherwise 

3 covered under part C) and provided to eligible Medicare 

4 beneficiaries under such plans. Such payment rates 

5 shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) be based upon payment rates established 

7 for purposes of payment under section 1853; 

8 ‘‘(2) be in addition to payments otherwise made 

9 to such organization with respect to such plans 

10 under part C; 

11 ‘‘(3) be adjusted to reflect the costs of treating 

12 eligible Medicare beneficiaries under this section; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(4) not be made for a test via a telecommuni15 cations system described in subsection (a)(4), unless 

16 the physician or practitioner determines such a test 

17 is medically necessary and appropriate (as deter18 mined by the Secretary). 

19 ‘‘(e) SPECIAL ELECTION PERIOD.—Notwithstanding 

20 sections 1852(e)(2)(C) and 1860D–1(b)(1)(B)(iii), an eli21 gible Medicare beneficiary may, other than during the an22 nual, coordinated election periods under such sections dis23 continue enrollment in an MA plan not participating in 

24 the VBID demonstration program and enroll in an MA 

25 plan participating in such program. 


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1 ‘‘(f) BENEFICIARY EDUCATION.—The Secretary shall 

2 help to educate, through State Health Insurance Assist3 ance Programs and other organizations that assist seniors 

4 with respect to benefits and enrollment under this title, 

5 eligible Medicare beneficiaries on the availability of the 

6 VBID demonstration program. 

7 ‘‘(g) IMPLEMENTATION.— 

8 ‘‘(1) DEADLINE.—The VBID demonstration 

9 program shall be implemented not later than Janu10 ary 1 of the second year beginning after the date of 

11 the enactment of this section. 

12 ‘‘(2) DURATION.—Subject to paragraph (3), the 

13 VBID demonstration program shall be conducted for 

14 a period of five years. 

15 ‘‘(3) EXTENSION OR EXPANSION.—Taking into 

16 account the report under subsection (h)(2), the Sec17 retary may, through notice and comment rule18 making, expand the duration, scope, or both the du19 ration and scope of the VBID demonstration pro20 gram (including implementation on a nationwide or 

21 permanent basis or both), other than under the 

22 original Medicare fee-for-service program under 

23 parts A and B of such title, to the extent determined 

24 appropriate by the Secretary, unless the Secretary 

25 determines that such expansion is expected to— 


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1 ‘‘(A) increase aggregate expenditures 

2 under this title and title XIX with respect to el3 igible Medicare beneficiaries participating in the 

4 VBID demonstration program; or 

5 ‘‘(B) decrease the quality of health care 

6 services furnished to eligible Medicare bene7 ficiaries participating in the VBID demonstra8 tion program. 

9 ‘‘(h) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION AND REPORTS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

12 provide for the evaluation of the VBID dem13 onstration program by an independent third 

14 party. 

15 ‘‘(B) EVALUATION OBJECTIVES.—Such 

16 evaluation shall determine the extent to which 

17 the VBID demonstration program has resulted 

18 in— 

19 ‘‘(i) improved patient care; 

20 ‘‘(ii) reduced hospitalizations or rehos21 pitalizations; 

22 ‘‘(iii) reduced or delayed nursing facil23 ity admissions and lengths of stay under 

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1 ‘‘(iv) reduced spend down of income 

2 and assets for purposes of becoming eligi3 ble for medical assistance under a State 

4 plan under title XIX; 

5 ‘‘(v) improved quality of life for the 

6 eligible Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in 

7 an eligible MA plan participating in the 

8 VBID demonstration program; 

9 ‘‘(vi) improved caregiver satisfaction; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(vii) addressing disparities and ac12 cess for underserved populations. 

13 ‘‘(C) EVALUATION PROCESS.—Such eval14 uation shall be completed in accordance with 

15 the following process: 

16 ‘‘(i) The Secretary shall, prior to the 

17 implementation of such program, establish 

18 goals for such program with respect to the 

19 evaluation objectives described in subpara20 graph (B) and criteria for measuring the 

21 extent to which an eligible MA plan par22 ticipating in the VBID demonstration pro23 gram meets such goals. 

24 ‘‘(ii) The Secretary shall implement 

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1 ments for such eligible MA plans in order 

2 to carry out such evaluation. 

3 In carrying out such process, the Secretary 

4 shall recognize that definitions, benefits, and 

5 program requirements for long-term care serv6 ices and supports vary across States. 

7 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Not later than four years after 

8 the implementation of the VBID demonstration pro9 gram, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a re10 port containing the results of the evaluation con11 ducted under paragraph (1), together with such rec12 ommendations for legislative or administrative action 

13 as the Secretary determines appropriate. In pre14 paring such report, the Secretary shall use at least 

15 three years worth of data under the VBID dem16 onstration program. 

17 ‘‘(i) BUDGET NEUTRALITY.—For any year after the 

18 third year of the VBID demonstration program, the Sec19 retary shall ensure that the aggregate payments made 

20 under this title and title XIX, including under the VBID 

21 demonstration program, do not exceed the amount which 

22 the Secretary estimates would have been expended under 

23 such titles during such year if the VBID demonstration 

24 program had not been implemented. 


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1 ‘‘(j) PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT.—Chapter 35 of 

2 title 44, United States Code, shall not apply to the testing 

3 and evaluation of the VBID demonstration program.’’. 

4 (b) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM UNDER CERTAIN

5 STATE MEDICAID PROGRAMS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

7 the date of the enactment of this Act, subject to 

8 paragraph (3), the Secretary of Health and Human 

9 Services, acting through the Deputy Administrator 

10 and Director of the Center for Medicare and Med11 icaid Innovation of the Centers for Medicare & Med12 icaid Services, shall administer a program that 

13 awards grants to at least 5, but not more than 10 

14 States or territories for purposes of the State Med15 icaid program to provide coverage to individuals en16 titled to benefits under the State plan under title 

17 XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et 

18 seq.) for tests described in section 1859A(a)(4) of 

19 such Act that are ordered and assistive telehealth 

20 consultations that are furnished via a telecommuni21 cations system by a physician or practitioner to such 

22 individuals notwithstanding that the individual phy23 sician or practitioner ordering the test did not fur24 nish the test or that the individual physician or 

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1 sultation is not at the same location as the individ2 uals. 

3 (2) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 

4 grant under this subsection, a State shall submit an 

5 application to the Secretary in such manner, and 

6 containing such information as the Secretary may 

7 require. 

8 (3) DURATION; AMOUNT.— 

9 (A) DURATION.—A grant under this sub10 section shall be for a 4-year period. 

11 (B) AMOUNT.—A State that is awarded a 

12 grant under this subsection shall be for an 

13 amount not to exceed $12,000,000. 

14 (4) FUNDING.—The Secretary, acting through 

15 the Deputy Administrator and Director, shall pro16 vide for not more than $100,000,000 to carry out 

17 the program described in paragraph (1) from 

18 amounts otherwise appropriated pursuant to section 

19 1115A(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

20 1315a(f)). 

21 SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM ON IMPROVED ACCESS TO CER22 TAIN TESTS AND ASSISTIVE TELEHEALTH 

23 CONSULTATIONS FOR VETERANS. 

24 (a) PILOT PROGRAM.— 


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1 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec3 retary of Veterans shall establish a pilot program on 

4 improved access to certain telehealth services for vet5 erans (in this section referred to as the ‘‘pilot pro6 gram’’). Under the pilot program, the Secretary 

7 shall furnish covered services to participants, at no 

8 cost to the participants, in accordance with this sec9 tion. 

10 (2) PROVISION OF COVERED SERVICES.— 

11 (A) HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.—The Sec12 retary shall select not fewer than five facilities 

13 of the Department of Veterans Affairs through 

14 which to carry out the program, of which not 

15 fewer than three shall serve veterans in rural or 

16 highly rural areas (as determined through the 

17 use of the Rural-Urban Commuting Areas cod18 ing system of the Department of Agriculture). 

19 (B) COVERED SERVICES.—Under the pilot 

20 program, and notwithstanding that the provider 

21 ordering or providing the service is not at the 

22 same location as the participant receiving the 

23 service, health care providers at each facility se24 lected under subparagraph (A) shall furnish to 

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1 (i) Tests described in subparagraph 

2 (C) that are ordered by the health care 

3 provider via a telecommunications system. 

4 (ii) Assistive telehealth consultations 

5 that are provided by the health care pro6 vider via a telecommunications system. 

7 (C) TESTS DESCRIBED.—A test described 

8 in this subparagraph is a test that— 

9 (i) is a medical device (as defined in 

10 section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, 

11 and Cosmetic Act) or wearable patient 

12 monitoring device, and 

13 (ii) is for a condition determined rel14 evant by the Secretary for purposes of the 

15 pilot program. 

16 (3) PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM.— 

17 (A) APPLICATION.—To participate in the 

18 pilot program, veterans eligible to apply under 

19 subparagraph (B) shall submit an application 

20 for such participation in such form, at such 

21 time, and containing such information as the 

22 Secretary determines appropriate. 

23 (B) ELIGIBILITY.—A veteran is eligible to 

24 submit an application for participation in the 

25 pilot program if the veteran— 


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1 (i) is enrolled in the system of patient 

2 enrollment of the Department under sec3 tion 1705(a) of title 38, United States 

4 Code; and 

5 (ii) has received health care under the 

6 laws administered by the Secretary during 

7 the two-year period preceding the date on 

8 which the veteran is first selected by the 

9 Secretary for participation in the pilot pro10 gram. 

11 (4) NO PAYMENT.— 

12 (A) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary may 

13 not charge a program participant for any cost 

14 of services furnished under the pilot program. 

15 (B) EFFECT ON CERTAIN IN PERSON

16 TESTS.—While a veteran is a program partici17 pant in the pilot program, the Secretary may 

18 not make payment for a test described in para19 graph (2)(C) that is furnished in-person by a 

20 physician or practitioner to the veteran if a 

21 physician or practitioner has previously ordered 

22 such a test for the veteran under the pilot pro23 gram via a telecommunications system, unless 

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1 test is medically necessary and appropriate (as 

2 determined by the Secretary). 

3 (5) TERMINATION.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara5 graph (B), the pilot program shall terminate on 

6 the date that is three years after the date on 

7 which the pilot program commences. 

8 (B) EXTENSION.—If the Secretary deter9 mines, based on the results of the interim re10 port under subsection (b)(1), that it is appro11 priate to extend the pilot program, the Sec12 retary may extend the termination of such pro13 gram for a period of not more than two years. 

14 (b) REPORTS.— 

15 (1) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than one year 

16 after the date on which the pilot program com17 mences, the Secretary shall submit to the appro18 priate congressional committees an interim report. 

19 Such report shall include the following information: 

20 (A) The number of veterans who have par21 ticipated in the pilot program. 

22 (B) The types of at-home diagnostics fur23 nished under the pilot program. 

24 (C) An assessment of whether participation 

25 in the pilot program resulted in any changes in 


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1 clinically relevant endpoints for the participant 

2 with respect to the conditions identified during 

3 an assistive telehealth consultation or through a 

4 covered test under the pilot program. 

5 (D) An assessment of the quality of life of 

6 veterans who have participated in the pilot pro7 gram, including the results of a satisfaction 

8 survey provided to each such veteran. 

9 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 

10 after the date of termination of the pilot program 

11 under subsection (a)(4)(A) (or, if the pilot program 

12 is extended under subsection (a)(4)(B), the date on 

13 which such extension terminates), the Secretary 

14 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com15 mittees a final report on the pilot program that con16 tains any relevant updates to the information speci17 fied in paragraph (1). 

18 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com20 mittees’’ means— 

21 (A) the Committee on Energy and Com22 merce, the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and 

23 the Committee on Ways and Means of the 

24 House of Representatives; and 


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1 (B) the Committee on Health, Education, 

2 Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on 

3 Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate. 

4 (2) The term ‘‘assistive telehealth consultation’’ 

5 has the meaning given such term in section 

6 1859A(a)(7) of the Social Security Act, as added by 

7 section 1 of this Act. 

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