Title: VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act
This bill authorizes health professional trainees of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide treatment to veterans via telemedicine. To provide such treatment, a trainee must be under the supervision of a VA health care professional who is authorized to provide health care via telemedicine.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3228 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3228

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize health professional 
trainees to provide treatment via telemedicine, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 2019

 Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Mooney of West Virginia, Mr. 
 Gianforte, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Steube, Mr. 
Banks, and Mr. Barr) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize health professional 
trainees to provide treatment via telemedicine, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``VA Mission Telehealth Clarification 
Act''.

SEC. 2. LICENSURE OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS PROVIDING TREATMENT VIA 
              TELEMEDICINE.

    Section 1730C(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(b) Covered Health Care Professionals.--For purposes of this 
section, a covered health care professional is any of the following 
individuals:
            ``(1) A health care professional who--
                    ``(A) is an employee of the Department appointed 
                under the authority under section 7306, 7401, 7405, 
                7406, or 7408 of this title or title 5;
                    ``(B) is authorized by the Secretary to provide 
                health care under this chapter;
                    ``(C) is required to adhere to all standards for 
                quality relating to the provision of medicine in 
                accordance with applicable policies of the Department; 
                and
                    ``(D) has an active, current, full, and 
                unrestricted license, registration, or certification in 
                a State to practice the health care profession of the 
                health care professional.
            ``(2) A health professional trainee who--
                    ``(A) is appointed under section 7405 or 7406 of 
                this title; and
                    ``(B) is under the clinical supervision of a health 
                care professional described in paragraph (1).''.
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