I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5763 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to advance telehealth by developing 
a plan for adoption and coordination by Federal agencies, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2020 
Mr. GIANFORTE (for himself and Ms. ESHOO) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to advance tele-
health by developing a plan for adoption and coordination 
by Federal agencies, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘National Telehealth 
Strategy and Data Advancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RECOMMENDATIONS ON FRAMEWORK TO ADVANCE 
TELEHEALTH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 330I of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–14) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 
the Director of the Office for the Advancement of 
Telehealth as established under subsection (c).’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘Such 
term includes connected care.’’ after ‘‘health.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘under section 
301’’ and inserting ‘‘under subsection (d)’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Health Resources and 
Services Administration’’ and inserting 
‘‘Office of the Secretary’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(referred to in this 
section as the ‘Office’)’’ after ‘‘Telehealth’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘under 
section 301’’ and inserting ‘‘under subsection 
(d)’’; 
(4) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘, in a publi-
cation of the Health Resources and Services Admin-
istration,’’ and inserting ‘‘on a publicly accessible 
website of the Department of Health and Human 
Services, a’’; and 
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(5) by striking subsection (s) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(s) PLAN AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADVANCE 
TELEHEALTH.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act develop a plan for 
the adoption, advancement, and coordination of 
telehealth by Federal agencies; 
‘‘(B) update every two years the plan de-
veloped under subparagraph (A) and make rec-
ommendations to improve access to telehealth, 
coordination of telehealth by Federal agencies, 
and health outcomes with respect to the use of 
telehealth as a means to deliver health care 
services as the Secretary determines to be ap-
propriate; 
‘‘(C) standardize Federal telehealth grant 
processes and data reporting to build a com-
prehensive evidence base in order to enable 
high-quality and effective use of telehealth to 
deliver health care services; 
‘‘(D) provide assistance to regional and na-
tional entities to enable greater use of tele-
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