Remote Patient Monitoring Access Act

Bill: 116-hr-7885
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2020-07-30
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Computer security and identity theft

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Health information and medical records

Health programs administration and funding

Health technology, devices, supplies

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Right of privacy
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Remote Patient Monitoring Access Act or RPM Access Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows certain COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief funds for health care providers to be used for the provision of remote patient monitoring services that align with clinical guidelines and meet data security and privacy standards.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7885 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 30, 2020 Ms. Porter (for herself and Mr. Upton ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the CARES Act to clarify authorized uses of provider relief funds, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Remote Patient Monitoring Access Act or RPM Access Act . 2. Clarification of authorized uses of provider relief funds (a) Clarification Title VIII of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ( Public Law 116–136 ) is amended in the third paragraph under the heading Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund by inserting after the fifth proviso the following: Provided further , That funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act shall be available for the costs associated with furnishing remote patient monitoring services that meet evidence-based practice guidelines or clinical practice guidelines (including but not limited to such guidelines issued by professional medical associations, voluntary health organizations, or agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services (including the National Institutes of Health)) and that meet appropriate patient data security and privacy standards (including but not limited to such standards established under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the National Institute of Standards and Technology Common Security Framework, or the international standard for information security management system ISO/IEC 27001): . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ( Public Law 116–136 ).