To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program.

Bill: 119-hr-1614
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2025-02-26
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology

Health technology, devices, supplies

Hearing, speech, and vision care

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2025-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-02-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill permanently allows audiologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists to furnish telehealth services under Medicare.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1614 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 26, 2025 Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Thompson of California , and Mr. Smith of Nebraska ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means , 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 expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program.

1. Expanding practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under Medicare Section 1834(m)(4)(E) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)(E) ) is amended by striking and, and all that follows through shall include and inserting and includes .