1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Protect Telehealth Access Act of 2020”.
Protect Telehealth Access Act of 2020
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove certain geographic and originating site restrictions on the furnishing of telehealth services under the Medicare program.
2. Removing certain geographic and originating site restrictions on the furnishing of telehealth services under the Medicare program
in clause (i), by striking “and only if” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting a period; and
in clause (ii)(X), by striking “, but only for” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting a period.
Conforming amendments— Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended—
in paragraph (1), by striking “paragraph (8)” and inserting “paragraph (6)”;
in paragraph (2)—
in subparagraph (A), by striking “paragraph (8)” and inserting “paragraph (6)”; and
in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking “paragraph (6)(C)” and inserting “paragraph (5)(B)”;
in paragraph (4)—
in subparagraph (A), by striking “paragraph (8)” and inserting “paragraph (6)”;
in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking “paragraphs (5), (6), and (7)” and inserting “paragraph (5)”; and
in subparagraph (F)(i), by striking “paragraph (8)” and inserting “paragraph (6)”;
by striking paragraph (5);
in paragraph (6)—
by redesignating such paragraph as paragraph (5);
by striking subparagraph (A);
by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and
in subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking “described in subparagraph (A)” and inserting “furnished on or after January 1, 2019, for purposes of diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of symptoms of an acute stroke, as determined by the Secretary”;
by striking paragraph (7); and
by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (6).