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Permanent Telehealth from Home Act
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove geographic requirements and expand originating sites for telehealth services under the Medicare program.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Permanent Telehealth from Home Act
This bill permanently allows any site to serve as an originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) for purposes of Medicare telehealth services, including a beneficiary's home.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Feb 18, 2025 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.
- Feb 18, 2025 Introduced in House
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