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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5787 
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 
OCTOBER 28, 2021 
Mr. ROSENDALE (for himself, Mrs. WAGNER, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Ms. 
STEFANIK, Mr. CAWTHORN, Mr. ELLZEY, Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N, Mr. 
HARRIS, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, and Mrs. RODGERS of Washington) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Telehealth Strategy Act’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
TELEHEALTH 
STRATEGY 
OF 
THE 
VETERANS 
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a strategy for 
telehealth services furnished by the Veterans Health Ad-
ministration. Such strategy shall contain the following ele-
ments: 
(1) A projection of demand for such telehealth 
services for the fiscal years 2022, 2023, and 2024, 
including— 
(A) aggregate demand for telehealth serv-
ices; 
(B) such demand, disaggregated by pri-
mary care, relevant specialties, and mental 
health; 
(C) such demand, disaggregated by tele-
health modality; and 
(D) demand described in subparagraphs 
(B) and (C) disaggregated by State. 
(2) An estimate of the technology needed to 
support demand described in paragraph (1), includ-
ing— 
(A) quantities of end-user devices, other 
hardware, software, and services; 
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(B) costs of end-user devices, other hard-
ware, software, and services; and 
(C) quantities and costs described in sub-
paragraphs 
(A) 
and 
(B), 
respectively, 
disaggregated by— 
(i) remote patient monitoring and 
home telehealth prosthetics; 
(ii) home- and community-based serv-
ices; 
(iii) clinic-based services; and 
(iv) hospital and emergency services. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON END-USER TELEHEALTH DEVICES FUR-
NISHED BY THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINIS-
TRATION. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the 
utilization of end-user devices provided to veterans by the 
Department to facilitate telehealth during fiscal years 
2020 and 2021. Such report shall contain the following 
elements: 
(1) How many of each type of end-user devices, 
in total and disaggregated by State, the Secretary 
has provided to veterans. 
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(2) Usage rates of the devices described in 
paragraph (1). 
(3) Total cost to purchase and distribute the 
devices described in paragraph (1). 
(4) The number of devices described in para-
graph (1) returned to the Department. 
(5) The number of devices described in para-
graph (4) subsequently provided to other veterans. 
SEC. 4. STATE DEFINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code. 
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