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.
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove geographic 
   requirements and expand originating sites for telehealth services.

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

SECTION 1. REMOVING GEOGRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS AND EXPANDING ORIGINATING 
              SITES FOR TELEHEALTH SERVICES.

    Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(B)(iii) by striking ``during the 151-
        day period beginning on'' and inserting ``on or after''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4)(C)(iii) by striking ``during the 151-
        day period beginning on'' and inserting ``on or after''.
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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove geographic requirements and expand originating sites for telehealth services.
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove geographic requirements and expand originating sites for telehealth services.
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove geographic requirements and expand originating sites for telehealth services.
Rep. Buchanan, Vern